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MEMBERS  OF  THE  LEOMINSTER  BRASS  BAND  WHO  ENLISTED  IN  1861. 
1,  Andrew  Tisdale,  Cornet:  2.  Charles  Tisdale.  Cornet:  3,  Charles  Adolphus  Chase.  Cornet:  4,  Wooster  F.  Dodge.  Cornet:  5.  John  Tisdale.  Bass 
Drum;  6.  Hibbard  P.  Wheeler.  Cymbals:  7.  Loren  L.  Moore.  Tenor  Horn:  8.  Warren  Gilchrest.  B-flat  Bass  Horn:  9.  George  E.  Tisdale.  B-flat  Bass 
Horn  :  10.  Joseph  G.  Eaton.  E-flat  Bass  Horn ;  11.  Frank  W.  Lewis.  E-flat  Bass  Horn.  This  band,  recruited  to  24  pieces,  went  as  the  band  of  the  First 
Regiment.  M.  V..  were  15  months  in  active  service;  co-workers  with  the  soldiers,  doing  picket  duty  and  caring  for  wounded.  When  the  regimental 
bands  were  discharged  in  1862,  several  of  their  number  enlisted  in  the  regular  service. 


The  Leominster  Book 


ILLUSTRATED 


A  RECOGNITION   BY  THE   TWENTIETH   CENTURY  OF  THE  TOWN'S  NINETEENTH 

CENTURY   PROGRESS   AND   ITS  MAKERS 


1901 


WILLIAM  A.  EMERSON 


SENTINEL    PRINTING    COMPANY. 
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FOREWORD. 


EOMINSTER  is  exceedingly  fortunate  in  having  had  several  resident  photographers  who  considered 
it  worth  their  while  to  record  passing  events  of  local  importance  through  the  medium  of  their 
cameras.  Not  only  does  this  apply  to  the  old-time  artists,  whose  pictures  are  now  faded  and  dim 
with  age,  and  liable  at  any  time  to  pass  into  oblivion,  but  others  of  later  date,  whose  contributions 
bring  the  record  down  to  the  present  time  and  indicate  the  changes  and  improvements  which  have 
come  with  the  years. 

Among  those  who  were  photographers  in  former  years,  and  whose  views  add  so  much  to  the 
interest  of  this  work,  may  be  mentioned  William  T.  Allen,  Oren  H.  Buck,  Charles  M.  Pierce,  1.  A.  Collins,  and 
Edmund  G.  Davis.  Imprints  accompany  their  plates  as  far  as  it  is  possible,  but  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  so  few  of  the 
original  photographs  have  anything  to  indicate  when  or  by  whom  they  were  taken.  Where  names  are  omitted,  it  will  be 
safe  to  credit  some  one  of  the  above  mentioned.  Although  not  classing  himself  among  the  photographers,  Mr.  Davis 
still  continues  in  landscape  photography  as  a  pastime,  his  later  productions  ranking  well  with  the  best  professionals.  In 
portraiture,  the  local  studios  are  well  represented.  The  thirty  years'  collection  of  negatives  of  leading  citizens  taken  by 
L.  A.   Richardson   has    been    largely  drawn  upon,  as  well   as  some  of    his  best  residence  and  other  views. 

In  the  engraving  and  printing  no  pains  have  been  spared  to  produce  the  best  results  throughout ;  but  due  allowance 
should,  and  no  doubt  will,  be  made  for  plates  from  old  and  faded  originals. 

The  work  of  collecting  this  material,  reproducing  the  pictures  in  half-tone,  and  printing  them  in  connection  with 
hundreds  of  interesting  facts  and  dates,  is  a  task  of  no  small  magnitude  ;  and  the  publisher  of  this  volume  desires  to 
thank  all  who  have  in  any  way  contributed  to  lighten  his  labors,  and  especially  those  who  have  been  so  ready  to  place 
rare  and  valuable  pictures  in  his  hands  for  reproduction. 


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Wm.  T.  Ulen,  Photo. 


DEDICATION   OF  THE  SOLDIERS'   MONUMENT.  SEPT.    12,    1867. 


Capt.  Leonard  Wood.  Marshal  of  the  day:  Music  by  the  Band:  Original  Hymn  (words  and  music  by  C.  H.  Smith),  sung  by  the  Choral  Club:  Read- 
ing of  Scriptures  by  Rev.  W.  J.  Batt:  Prayer  by  Rev.  Horace  Parker  of  Ashby;  James  Bennett.  Esq..  read  an  original  patriotic  poem,  the  ninth  stanza 
commenced  with  the  words: 

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Bring  pure,  white  flowers,  a  laurel  wreath  to  twine 
Around  this  shaft  of  sculptured  stone." 


While  the  author  was  reading  this  verse  a  bevy  of  young  maidens,  dressed  in  white,  advanced  to  the  monument  and  decked  it  with  red,  white  and 
blue  garlands.  The  orator  of  the  day  was  Rev.  George  S.  Ball  of  Upton,  a  native  of  Lecminster  and  chaplain  during  the  war;  the  Choral  Club  sang  an 
original  hymn  by  James  Bennett,  and  Rev.  Rufus  P.  Stebbins  closed  with  a  speech  and  poem  replete  with  humor  and  pathos,  and  interspersed  with  rem- 
iniscences of  the  past. 


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THE    MILES    FARM    (SO   CALLED),    RESIDENCE    OF    HARRY    L.    PIERCE. 
Timothy  Kendall,   an  early  settler,  built  a  house  and  lived  here.      His   son  Asa  sold  it  to   Joel  Crosby.  Esq.,  who  moved  the  house  and  built 
the  more  pretentious  colonial  residence.     Capt.  Charles  Nickerson  and  Capt.  Eugene  T.  Miles,  second  mayor  of  Fitchburg.  also  lived  here. 


JOEL    CROSBY.    ESQ.   (1765-1833).  HANNAH    CROSBY  (1772-1846). 

Joel  Crcsby,  Esquire,  was  for  many  years  landlord  of  the  Lamb  Tavern  in  Eoston.  Retiring  from  business,  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in 
Leominster.  He  was  a  generous,  public  spirited  citizen,  gave  the  bell  and  clock  in  the  tower  of  the  Unitarian  church,  and  a  thousand  dollars,  the 
interest  to  go  to  the  support  of  the  parish.  The  substantial  yellow  bell-top  silver-trimmed  chaise  in  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crosby  rode  to  church, 
is  well  remembered  by  the  older  residents  now  living. 

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OLD  VIEW  FROM  MONUMENT  SQUARE,  LOOKING  WEST. 

Allen's  Block,  partly  burned  in  1873  and  moved  to  corner  of  Pleasant  and  Pearl  streets.  Orthodox  Congregational  church,  struck  by  lightning, 
repaired  and  remodelled  1850.  and  destroyed  by  fire  frcm  overheated  furnace  1872.  Gardner  Hall,  burned  1870.  Baptist  church,  removed  to  make 
way  for  the  present  Merriam  Memorial  church.     Old  Town  Hall  and  Unitarian  church  now  standing. 

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OLD   "TORRENT"   ENGINE  COMPANY.   No.    1. 

John  Tisdale.  foreman;  Frank  Gates,  assistant.  This  was  Leominster's  first  water  engine,  purchased  in  July,  1846.  of  W.  C.  Hunneman.  Boston, 
a  plain  tub  machine,  without  bell  or  buckets  and  destitute  of  ornament.  In  1850  $500  was  raised  by  subscription,  and  a^bell,  four  buckets,  an  arch  and 
a  tongue  procured.  :Each  member  of  the  company  was  allowed  a  sum  equal  to  his  poll  tax  for  his  services.  Union  No.  2.  North  Leominster,  was  next 
organized.  The  old  Worcester  Mutual  Insurance  Co.  made  each  company  a  present  of  $25  for  promptness  in  saving  the  Orthodox  church  when  it  was 
struck  by  lightning  in  1850.  Fire  matters  were  then  at  a  white  heat  and  for  several  years  there  existed  an  intense  but  friendly  rivalry  between  the  two 
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DEA.  SAMUEL   CROCKER  (1773-1856). 
Expert  paper  maker  when  paper  was  made  by  hand  in  North  Leom- 
inster.    Removed  to  Fitchburg  in  1831.     Was  leader  of  the  pioneers  who 
organized  the  Baptist  churches  in  Leominster  and    Fitchburg.  preaching 
frequently  when  these  churches  had  no  settled  pastors. 


DR.  CHARLES   WOODWARD   WILDER  11790-1851). 
Physician  in  Leominster  and  adjoining  towns.     First  president   Fitch- 
burg and  Worcester  Railroad;   member  Bunker  Hill  Monument  Commit- 
tee; held  many  other  offices  of  public  trust  and  distinction:  bequeathed 
$20,000  to  support  of  free  bed  in  Massachusetts  General  Hospital. 


CAPT.    ROCKWOOD    AND    FOUR    LIEUTENANTS    OF    LEOMINSTER    COMPANY,    NINTH    REGIMENT. 
Lieut.    Joel  A.  Stratton.  afterwards  Captain  of  Co.  C,  53d  Mass.      Lieut.   F.  W.   Polley.  afterwards  member  Co.  A.  15th   Mass.:    re-enlisted  in  the 
4th  Heavy  Artillery      Capt.   George  W.   Rockwood.  afterwards  Capt.   Co.  A,    15th  Regt.     Lieut.   Leonard  Wood,   afterwards  Capt.  Co.  K,  15th   Mass. 
Lieut.  Andrew  B.   Osborn.  afterwards  member  Co.  A,  36th  M.  V.:    re-enlisted  in   16th  Mass.  Battery, 
was  the  reception  tendered  the  Prince  of  Wales  in  Boston.   Oct. 


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BEZALEEL  GIBSON  (1785-1855). 

Old-time  comb  maker  and  storekeeper.  Many  of  the  old  comb  makers 
were  his  apprentices.  Earnest  temperance  man,  member  of  the  first  tem- 
perance society  in  town  and  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Orthodox 
church. 


DEA.  DAVID  WILDER  (1778-1866). 

Representative:  Justice  of  the  Quorum;  State  Senator:  Highway  Com- 
missioner: member  Governor's  Council;  five  years  Treasurer  of  the 
Commonwealth.  Deacon  in  Unitarian  church.  Prominent  Mason :  Wilder 
lodge  named  in  his  honor.  History  of  Leominster  his  last  public  work, 
completed  Dec.  3.  1852. 


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DEA.   CHARLES  HILLS  (1786-1851). 

Son  of  Silas  Hills;  was  the  most  prominent  comb  maker  of  the  Hills 
family  of  the  second  generation:  after  the  war  of  1812  he  engaged  in  the 
business  for  over  thirty  years.  Representative  to  General  Court  1839-41. 
A  deacon  in  the  Unitarian  church. 


CAPT.  DAVID  ALLEN   (1776-1857). 

Native  of  Medfield,  Mass.:  came  to  Leominster  when  a  young  man, 
remaining  a  resident  during  the  rest  of  his  days.  He  was  a  carpenter,  and 
for  thirty  years  made  all  the  caskets  and  coffins  in  town.  Interested  in 
military  affairs  and  a  strong  temperance  man. 


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T.  Allen.  Photo. 


VIEW   OF   EAST  SIDE    OF   MONUMENT   SQUARE. 
B^S,  .cc„p,«,  by  E.  P,,v„.  A.   M.  P*,  &  S»,  T™  UWy    W    "^"^  J'.S^   p.c"^ 


Wm.  T.  Allen,  Photo. 


OLD    "ALLEN     BUILDING."    SITE    OF   ALLEN'S    (BRICK)    BLOCK. 

Original   part   built   about    1800.     Upper  story,  occupied  by  Wilder  Lodge.   F.  &  A.  M.,  was  burned   in    1873.      Building  moved  to  corner  Pearl 
and   Pleasant  streets,  and  is   now   Bosworth   &  Wood's   grain  store.     "The   Allen   House"   was  built  in    1834. 


RESIDENCE   OF   DR.   C.   C.   FIELD   AND    OF    HIS   SUCCESSOR.    DR.    J.    M.    RANDALL. 

Built  in  1818  by  Rev.  William  Bascom,  third  minister  of  the  town.  It  was  considered  a  fine  residence  in  those  days.  It  is  related  that  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Allen  of  Bolton,  on  being  told  that  it  was  Mr.  Bascom's  house,  exclaimed:  "What!  All  for  this  world  and  none  for  the  kingdom  of 
heaven!"  It  was  the  Unitarian  parsonage  during  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Messrs.  Stebbins.  Withington  and  Smith.  Removed  to  make  way  for  the 
Columbia. 


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OLD    APPLE    PARER   SHOP    (REAR   VIEW). 


Lockey  &  Howland  first  made  corn  planters,  and  afterwards  engaged  successfully  in  the  manufacture  of  apple  parers.  in  this  shop,  leasing 
a  small  portion  of  the  lower  story  to  F.  W.  &  F.  A.  Whitney  for  the  manufacture  of  baby  carriages;  and  here  in  an  humble  way  the  extens,ve 
business  of   the  F.  A.  Whitney  Carriage  Company  first  started.     This  building  was  destroyed  by  fire  in   1861. 


JOEL  CROSBY  ALLEN  (1817-84). 
Native  of  Leominster.  Early  life  spent  on  farm  of  his  uncle,  Joel 
Crosby,  for  whom  he  was  named.  In  mercantile  business.  Cashier  of  First 
National  Bank,  and  held  many  other  offices  of  trust.  During  his  nearly 
forty  years'  service  as  Town  Clerk  and  Treasurer,  no  other  name  was 
ever  mentioned  for  either  place. 


SOLON    CARTER   (1801-79). 
Son  of  James  Carter.     He  lived  and  died  on  the  ancestral  farm  of  his 
father  and  grandfather.     In  early  life  taught  school:   afterwards  for  many 
years  a  member  of  school  committee.     Was  an  intelligent  and  successful 
farmer.     Representative  in  1849-50. 


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CALEB  CLESSON  FIELD.  M.  D.  (1810-81). 
Amherst.  1833;  Dartmouth  Medical  School,  1837.  Began  practice  in 
Leominster  same  year.  Twice  representative  to  General  Court;  over  forty 
years  a  member  of  school  committee,  much  of  the  time  serving  as  chair- 
man. The  town  is  largely  indebted  to  him  for  its  present  efficient  school 
system.     The  Field  High  School  was  named  in  his  honor. 


CHARLES    H.   COLBURN   (1808-94). 
Son  of  Elisha  and  Deborah  Colburn:    was  born  in  the  little  old  house 
corner  Central  and  Lancaster  streets ;  was  engaged  in  mercantile  business, 
and  was  postmaster  for  a  period  of  more  than  forty  years,  receiving  his 
appointment  in  1833  and  resigning  his  position  in  1874. 


GEORGE   W.    PIERCE,    M.  D.    (1816-36). 

Leicester  Academy ;  Harvard  Medical  School  '45.  Came  to  Leominster 
in  1847.  For  nearly  forty  years  the  family  physician  in  many  homes, 
and  labored  for  the  best  and  largest  interests  of  the  community ,  devoting 
much  time  and  effort  to  the  schools,  public  library,  reading  room  and 
museum. 


JAMES  BENNETT  (1806-37). 
Came  to  Leominster  in  1830.  A  comb  maker  and  afterwards  in  the 
insurance  business.  Served  two  yeais  in  General  Court,  thirteen  years  a 
member  of  school  committee,  also  interest  3d  in  the  public  library,  reading 
rocm  and  museum.  Collected  valuable  material  relating  to  the  military 
history  of  the  town. 


RAISING   THE    CURFEW    BELL.    1864. 
During  that  year   the  Town  Hall  was  improved  by  the  addition  of   a 
belfry  and  bell  and  the  building  raised.     The  library  was  then  moved  here 
from  Monument  square. 


JAMES    BENNETT    "AT    HOME." 
From  a  photo  by  E.  G.  Davis  (by  permission).     Mr.  Davis  considers 
this  one  of   the  choicest  negatives  in  his  large  and   choice   collection  of 
local  views. 


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THE    OLD    LEOMINSTER    HOUSE,    OR    BALCH'S   TAVERN    (SO    CALLED). 
Fr  or^/795  ^  ^Pt'^alV!n  ,Ha'e  °f  'he  C°n,inen,al  -™*  wh0  lived  lhere  and  kept  tavern  several  years;  afterwards  leased  to  other  parties.    Cap. 

veafs      Th     V  Tw  f  T     ^  '^  °Wner  ^  ^^  BM    AUr°ra  L°d^  F'  &  A'  M"  held  its  >°<^  ™«ings  here  for  sev S 

years.     Th1S  best  known  and  well-remembered  landmark  was  destroyed  in  the  great  fire  of  1873. 


CAPT.  ER  BALCH  (1794-1854). 
Received  his  title  of  Captain  as  commander  of  the  "Old  North  Com- 
pany." In  comb  business  a  short  time  with  Abel  Bowers.  Kept  tavern 
corner  West  and  Exchange  streets,  previous  to  keeping  the  Leominster 
House.  Was  quite  a  politician,  being  an  ardent  Whig  when  that  party  was 
in  the  ascendancy. 


DR.  SEWELL  RICHARDSON  (1784-1867). 
Life-long  resident  of  Leominster.  Was  very  active  in  his  habits,  fond 
of  the  dance,  and  took  a  lively  interest  in  military  matters,  genial  in  his 
nature,  and  of  a  hopeful  temperamer  t.  His  death  was  caused  by  falling 
down  stairs  at  his  residence,  which  is  now  the  comb  factory  of  Newton  & 
Merriman. 


SETH   TISDALE    (1783-1867). 

W2S  a  native  of  Norton.  Mass.     Learned  to  make  horse-shoe  nails,  but  the 
greater  portion  of  his  life  was  spent  as  a  farmer  in  Leominster. 


ANNAS    B.   (BARNARD)    TISDALE    (1793-18911. 

Born  in  Lancaster.  Mass.,  Nov.  13,  1793:  married  to  Seth  Tisdale  May 
1816.  Was  the  oldest  resident  of  Leominster  at  time  of  her  death.  Jan. 
1891. 


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THE    SEVEN    SONS    OF    SETH    AND    ANNAS    B.   T1SDALE. 
1837.     Stephen  A.,  born  Oct.  18.  1828. 


CAPT.  LUCIEN  A.  COOK  (1838-73). 
Son  of  Horace  Cook.  Member  of  Leominster  Light  Infantry:  served 
in  Co.  A,  15th  M.  V. ;  captured  at  Antietam  ;  confined  in  Libby  Prison: 
released:  honorably  discharged.  Afterwards  served  in  First  Brigade  Band. 
P.  S.  Gilmore.  leader.  First  commander  Post  53,  G.  A.  R.  Capt.  Co.  K, 
10th  Regt.  M.  V.  M.,  from  1868  to  time  of  his  death. 


CAPT.  EUGENE  A.  BENNETT  (1844-77). 
Son  of  Thomas  S.  Bennett.  Connected  with  State  militia:  foreman 
Torrent  Engine  Co.;  served  in  Co.  A.  15th  Regt.  M.  V.;  honorably  dis- 
charged in  1863.  Re-enlisted  in  4th  Mass.  Cavalry;  captured  and  confined 
in  Andersonville.  Was  1st  Lieut,  of  Co.  K.  10th  Regt.  M.  V.  M..  and  upon 
the  death  of  Capt.  Cook,  succeeded  to  the  command  of  the  company. 


COMPANY    K,    10TH    REGIMENT,    LEOMINSTER    LIGHT    INFANTRY. 
Cook;    1st  Lieut.,  Charles  D.   Pierce;    2d    Lieut..  T.  A.   Hills.      From   a   photograph    taken    in    Monument   square,  showing 


Captain,   Lucien  A 
Pierce's  ccrner.  Union  block,  and  the  hay  scales  on  the  Common. 


RESIDENCE    OF    MISS  MARY   ANN    LINCOLN.    UNION   STREET. 

This  house  was  built  on  the  John  Fletcher  place  by  William  Lincoln.  Sr. :  the  first  part  in 
1774.  and  the  last  in  1782.  He  moved  into  town  in  1796.  his  son  William,  Jr..  remaining. 
The  six  children  of  William.  Jr..  were:  Luke.  1801-70:'  Edward  Kendall.  1802-70:  Henry. 
1804-60:  Mary  Ann,  1806:  Sarah.  1812-65:  and  Augusta.  1815-25.  Miss  Mary  Ann  Lincoln, 
the  only  surviving  member  of  her  father's  family,  still  resides  here  at  the  advanced  age  of 
95  years,  blessed  with  a  hcst  of  friends  and  cheered  by  many  little  tokens  of  the  kindly  feel- 
ings entertained  for  her  by  all.     Photographs  by  Edmund  G.  Davis,  by  permission. 


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HILLS    FAMILY    AND    CONNECTIONS.   AUGUST   29.    1883. 

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BIRDSEYE    VIEW    OF    LEOMINSTER    FROM    GARDNER    HILL. 

From  a  large  photograph  taken  by  William  T.  Allen  in   1867.     Grove  Avenue'and  the  other  streets  in  that  now  thickly  settled  residential  sec- 
tion had  not  then  been  laid  out. 

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C.  S.  Litch.  Cornet:    Capt.  A.  A. 


GREEN'S    BAND,    1 
Walker,  Clarionet:    Stephen  A.   Miller 
Aron  K.  Litch,  Tuba 


J.  C.  Moulton,  Photo. 


1st  Violin:     Simeon  Green,  2d  Violin  and  Prompter: 
Cassius  Stearns.   Bass  Viol. 


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SITE    OF   THE    METHODIST    CHURCH. 
EAST  SIDE  OF  MAIN   STREET. 

Photographed  by  C.  M.   Pierce. 


RESIDENCE   BUILT  BY  WM.   M.   HOWLAND, 

ON    SUMMER    STREET.     NOW 

ISAAC   COWDREY'S. 


THREE   VIEWS    OF    EAST   SIDE    OF    CENTRAL   STREET    NEAR    MONOOSNOCK    BROOK,    SHOWING   THE    RESIDENCE    AND    PAINT 

SHOP    OF    SAVILON    E.   WILDER    AND    OTHER    BUILDINGS. 


Photographed  by  C.  M.  Pierce. 


BALCH'S    HOTEL.    1795. 


ALLEN    BLOCK.    ABOUT    1800. 


ALLEN    HOUSE.    1834. 


SIX    BIRDSEYE    VIEWS    OF    LEOMINSTER.    TAKEN    IN    1866.    BY 


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RESIDENCE   OF  JOSEPH   HASKELL,  LOOKING   WEST.  HOUGHTON    HILL  AND   GROVE. 

Piano   Shop,  and  Carter's  Comb  Shop  in  the  Belfry  of   Old  Town   Hall   in  foreground.         Where  Grove  Avenue  now  is      Residence  Sumner 

Haynes  and   Linden  House. 
Distance. 

C.   M.  PIERCE,  FROM   THE    BELFRY   OF  THE   UNITARIAN   CHURCH. 


JOSEPH   WARREN    CARTER   (1776-1859). 

Son  of    Josiah  Carter.  Jr.,  and  his  wife.   Elizabeth  Graves,   native  of 
Leominster. 


RUTH    (TENNEY)    CARTER   (1779-1850). 

Daughter  of  Joseph  Tenney  and  his  wife.   Ruth  Hills,   born   in   New- 
bury.  Mass. 


ATTIC    IN    THE    McSHERRY    HOUSE,    MAPLE    AVENUE. 
Destroyed  by  fire  August,    1896.     Was  at  that  time  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  old  or  more. 


LUKE    LINCOLN    (1801-70). 

A  life-long  resident  of  Leominster,  and  interested  in  its  prosperity. 
He  was  town  clerk  from  1837  to  1845,  and  a  devoted  worker  in  the 
Unitarian  Church  and  Sunday  School. 


JAMES    H.    CARTER    (1794-1871). 

First  manufactured  combs  at  corner  of  West  and  Cotton  streets,  using 
old-fashioned  horse  power.  Served  town  as  assessor  and  chairman  of 
selectmen.     Influential  and  active  business  man. 


RESIDENCE    OF    F.   A.   WHITNEY, 
As  originally   built    by  Porter  Kimball,   Grove  Avenue. 


LOOKING    UP    WEST   STREET    FROM    THE    COMMON,   1865. 


OCTAGON    HOUSES. 
Now  in  rear  of  Wood's  and  Monoosnock  Blocks. 


HOME   OF  CAPT.  LEONARD   BURRAGE,   NORTH   LEOMINSTER. 


BIRDSEYE    VIEW    OF    LEOMINSTER    FROM    GARDNER    HILL    IN    1866. 


This  engraving  is  made  up  from  two  small    card   pictures    taken    by  Wm.  T.  Allen  in   1865.     What  is  now  the  Rockwell  mill 
built.     The  section  between   Pleasant  and  Cotton  streets  was  not  built  up.  and  there  were  few  houses  on  Pleasant  street. 


was  then  beine 


GEORGE  F.  AND  GARDNER  MORSE  HOUSES. 

West   street.       The   former    removed :     the   latter    is    now   A.   W. 
Pollard's   summer    residence. 


RESIDENCE    OF    JAMES    H.   CARTER. 

West   street.       Remodelled    and    has   been    for    several    years    the 
residence   of    George    F.    Morse. 


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FALL    BROOK    CASCADE,    OFF   PLEASANT   STREET. 


JONAS    COLBURN    HOUSE, 
Before  Pond  Street  was  Laid  Out. 


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SALISBURY    MANSION, 
Junction  of  West  and  Pond  Streets. 


WATER  STREET  CROSSING. 

Showing   the   early   home  of   the    F.  A.  Whitney 

Carriage  and  Leominster  Worsted 

industries. 


OLD   PASSENCER    STATION,  REMOVED   TO 
WATER    STREET,   NEAR    R.  R. 


VIEW   FROM    MONUMENT   SQUARE. 

Showing  Town  Pump.  Arlington  Piano  Shop  and 
row  of  small  buildings,  site  of  Wood's  block. 


JUDGE    STRONG    HOMESTEAD.    MAIN 

STREET. 

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JOSIAH    PIERCE    PLACE  AND    UNION    BLOCK. 


N.   G.  WOOD    PLACE. 
Afterwards  removed  and  is  now  residence  of  A.  S.   Paton. 


JAMES  BENNETT  RESIDENCE  AND 

DR.  SEWELL  RICHARDSON'S  GARDEN. 
Site  of  Lockey  Piano  Case  Co. 


MECHANIC   STREET. 

Wm.   Durant  House,   Levi    Johnson   House  and  Shop,  and  Cowdrey  & 

Tenney  and  Ward  M.  Cotton  Shops. 


MAJ.    EL1AS   JOSLIN    (1795-1874). 

Life-long  resident  of  Leominster.  Took  a  lively  interest  in  military 
matters  and  was  a  member  of  Capt.  Tenney's  company  in  1812.  He  was 
promoted  through  the  different  grades  until  he  held  a  major's  commission. 
Maj.   Joslin  lived  where  the  town  farm  buildings  now  stand. 


JAMES    BURDETT   11791-1884). 

Farmer  and  old-time  comb  maker.  His  shop  was  at  the  home  place- 
on  Lancaster  Street.  Selectman,  overseer  of  poor,  assessor,  and  first 
Free  Soil  representative.  Was  the  oldest  man  in  town  at  the  time  of  his 
death. 


TWO   VIEWS    OF   THE    COMMON    AND    SQUARE, 

Taken  about   1865  by  Wm.  T.  Allen,  showing  Gardner  Hall,   Field  High  School.   Baptist  Church,  Town  Hall.  Unitarian  Church, 

Pierce's  Corner  and  Union  Block. 


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WOOD'S    BLOCK   AND    MONUMENT   SQUARE. 


MONUMENT  SQUARE    BEFORE   THE    FIRE. 


MONUMENT  SQUARE   AFTER  THE   FIRE.  CATTLE   SH0W   ON   THE   COMMON. 

MONUMENT  SQUARE.     (From  Stereoscopic  Views  by  E.  G.  Davis.) 


THE    BENNETT   SCHOOL    BUILDING.    PLEASANT   STREET. 


WILLIAM    PERRY,    ESQ.    (1786-1844). 
Studied  law  with  Abijah  Bigelow,  Esq.     Member  of  school  committee, 


town  clerk,  selectman  and  representative 
time  of  his  death 


Only  lawyer  in  Leominster  at 


JOEL   W.    FLETCHER,    ESQ.    (1818-1880). 

Successor  of  Mr.  Perry.  Served  on  school  committee  and  held  other 
town  offices.  Interested  in  military  matters.  Several  years  in  the  insur- 
ance business  in  Boston  and  Chicago. 


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VIEW    OF    MONUMENT   SQUARE    AS    IT   APPEARED    IN    1895. 

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LOOKING   TOWARDS   ALLEN'S    BUILDING. 


FROM    ALLEN'S    BUILDING. 

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LEOMINSTER    HOUSE.  ALLEN'S    BLOCK.    OCT.    7.    1873. 

VIEWS    OF   THE    BURNT    DISTRICT   AFTE^    THE    FIRE    OF    JULY    10.    1873.      (From  Stereoscopic  Views  by  E.  G.  Davis). 


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FROM    JONES'    BUILDING. 


FROM    JONES'    BUILDING. 


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THE    FIREMAN'S    MUSTER.    OCT.   20,    1873.     (From  Sterecscopic  Views  by  E.   G.  Davis). 

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WILLIAM   TILTON   (1814-1873). 


EMERY   TILTON   (1817-li 


Several  years  in  horn    comb    business,    firm  of   Look    Tiltnn    «,    r.  o ■  . 

Tax  collector,  treasurer  of  the  Orthodox  Con™T»H„n-l Ih       £       a  Proprietor  of  the  Leormnster  House.     Afterwards  in  the  dry  goods  and 


CEPHAS    DERBY    (1819-1896).  OLIVER    PATCH    (1805-1875). 

In  wood  and  lumber  business.     Served  on  the  board  of  assessors  six  or  In  livery  and  jobbing  business  and  coal  dealer.     Member  of  the  firm  of 

seven  years,  and  on  board  of  selectmen  nine  years.  Carter,  Cowdrey  and  Patch,  and  interested  in  the  Union  Comb  Co. 


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WINTER   D.  SOMERS   (1826-1883). 

Began  making  horn  buttons  in  Morseville  in  1852.  later  removing  to 
Carter's  shop,  where  Rockwell's  mill  stands.  He  met  with  a  fatal  accident 
at  his  shop  on  Central  Street.  April  30.  1883.  Member  of  Wilder  Lodge 
and  Jerusalem  Commandery.  Fitchburg.  A  successful  business  man  and 
public  spirited  citizen. 


JOEL  SMITH  (1812-1888). 
Served  his  apprenticeship  with  Jonas  Colburn  and  was  engaged  in  the 
comb  business  for  many  years.  Five  years  president  of  the  Union  Comb 
Co.  President  of  First  National  Bank.  Served  his  town  as  representative 
and  in  other  places  of  honor  and  trust.  Earnest  anti-slavery  man.  Died 
suddenly  at  a  banquet  of  the  Leominster  Fire  Department,  1888. 


LOOKING    DOWN    CENTRAL   STREET,    1895. 


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THE    EDWARD    PREVEAR    RESIDENCE,    MAIN    STREET. 

Removed  to  Walnut   Street    by  Mr.   J.  W.  Wetherbee  to    make    way  for    the    new   Catholic   Church    edifice, 
history  in   1852  as  "The  elegant  mansion  lately  built  by   Mr.   J.  C.   Lane." 


David  Wilder  refers  to  it    in  his 


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THE  CEPHAS  DERBY  PLACE.  MAIN  STREET. 


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RESIDENCE    OF    CHAUNCEY    W.   CARTER.    ESQ..    PLEASANT   STREET. 


THE    "OLD    ABBEY,"    LINDELL    AVENUE,    1890. 

So  named  by  the  lata  Horace  Cook,  from  a  fancied  resemblance  to  a  place  described  in  an  old  novel.  Built  about  1740  byjjosiah  White, 
who  owned  a  saw-mill  and  used  three-inch  plank  in  the  construction  of  the  house.  Major  James  Richardson  is  mentioned  in  Wilder 's  history  as 
owning  the  place  and  czrr/ing  on  the  potash  business.     Gen.   Avery  lived  here  in  the  time  of  the  Revolution. 


Old 


RESIDENCE    OF    GEORGE    P.    GIBSON,  WEST   STREET, 
tavern  stand  of  Levi  Moore,  purchased  in   1816  by  Bezalee.   Gibson.     Here  in  1820  Mr.  Gtbson  opened  a  store.     He  also  carried  on  a  large 


Dmb  business  in  the  house  across  the  street. 


LOOKINC    UP   CHESTNUT  STREET   FROM    PLEASANT. 


AN    OAK    ON    PLEASANT   STREET,    1895. 


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RESIDENCE    OF   JOEL   D.    MILLER.    WASHINGTON   STREET.  RESIDENCE    OF    MERRICK    HOWE.  WASHINGTON  STREET. 


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DOWN    PARK    STREET. 


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UNION    COMB    COMPANY'S    FACTORY. 


UNION    BLOCK. 


RUINS   AFTER    FIRE.    1873. 


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LAYING  CORNER  STONE  ORTHODOX  CHURCH. 


LAYING   CORNER  STONE    ORTHODOX   CHURCH. 


MAIN  STREET   FROM  COMMON. 


LAYING    CORNER    STONE    M.    E.    CHURCH. 


E.  G.  Davis'  Views. 

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Capt.(      H.  Stevens.    J.  G.  Snow.  J.  Q.  A.  Tripp.  G.  E.  Wilder.       C.B.Wood.  R.H.Carter 

J-    ''•   Cr"sbv-  W.  H.Johnson.   J.  M.  Mellen.  J.   E.  .Marshall.    J.  C.   Ready.  C.  II.  Sinclair. 

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Lt.  A.  R.  Glover.   A.  H.  Carter.     C.H.Derby.  H.K.Derby.  L.Goodrich.  L.R.Gallup. 

A.  B.  Osborti.      J.  F.  Owens.       A.  L.  Wilder.        J.  McDonough.  D.  Bntterfield.  E.  A.  Ellick. 

J.   B.  Foster.         E.  Hardy.  A.  W.  Johnson.     M.  L.Jordan.  J.  M.   Lewis.  L.  Richardson. 

ROLL    OF    HONOR,    1861-1865. 


LEOMINSTER   HOME    FOR    OLD   LADIES,   PEARL   STREET. 


PEARL  STREET  FROM  PLEASANT. 


PLEASANT  STREET,  NEAR  POND. 


GARDNER    PLACE.    FROM    WEST   STREET. 


RAILROAD    BRIDGE    AT    NORTH    LEOMINSTER. 


OLD    BRICK    SCHOOLHOUSE.    PLEASANT   STREET. 


BIRDSEYE    VIEW    FROM    LINCOLN    FARM. 


GARDNER   HOUSE.   SITE   OF  A.   A.   TISDALE'S   RESIDENCE. 


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JACOB    PUFFER   (1802-1880).  CHARLES   GROUT   (1789-1876). 

Served,  his   apprenticeship  with   Bezaleel   Gibson    and   manufactured  _      Surveyor,   conveyancer,   farmer  and    justice   of    the   peace       Repre- 

comt*      U:  engaged  in  wholesale  peddling  business  afterwards  with  his  sented   Leominster  in   the   legtslature  in   1830-  31-  32.      Held   respons.ble 

son  Charles,  under  the  firm  name  of  J.  Puffer  &  Co.,  horn  dealers.  offices  in  town  and  in  the  First  Pansh  church. 


THE    OLD    ROBBINS   HOMESTEAD.   NORTH    MAIN   STREET. 

This  is  one  of  the  very  old  houses  of  Leominster,  having  been  in  the  possession  of  the  Robbins  family  for  four  generations.  There  appears  to  be 
no  record  of  when  the  old  red  house  was  built,  but  it  is  known  that  Elizabeth  Robbins.  widow  of  Daniel  Robbins.  sold  it  in  1791  to  Thomas  Robbins.  Sr.. 
her  son.  who  was  grandfather  of  Walter  T.  Robbins. 


THOMAS    ROBBINS   (1804-1859). 

In  company  with  Joshua  Lincoln,  carried  freight  from  Leominster  to 
Boston.  They  owned  a  large  tract  of  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Water  Street. 
Mr.  Robbins  was  agent  of  the  United  States  and  Canada  Express  from  the 
opening  of  the  Fitchburg  Railroad  to  the  time  of  his  death. 


EDMUND    H.    NICHOLS   (1808-1874). 

Was  for  several   years  a  comb  manufacturer,  in  which  business  he 
accumulated  what  was  considered  a  large  fortune  and  retired  from  active 
business.       Although    not   holding   public 
throughout  the  community. 


office,    his   influence   was   felt 


GARDNER   MORSE  1 181 1-1894). 
Apprenticed  four  years  to  Bezaleel  Gibson.     Bought  last  three  months 
of  his  time,  starting  in  comb  business  for  himself.     Active  and  prominent 
business  man  for  over  fifty  years.     Morseville  up  to  1861  was  a  very  busy 
part  of  Leominster. 


MAJ.  GEN.  AUGUSTUS   MORSE   (1817-1888). 
Learned  comb  making  and  was  in  company  with  his  brother  Gardner 
until  1861.     Served  in  M.  V.  M.  as  captain,  colonel,  brigadier  and  major- 
general,  resigning  in    1861.     Subsequently   colonel   21st    M.V..  and  U.  S. 
quartermaster.    Selectman,  collector  of  taxes  and  14  years  justice  of  peace. 


M.  DAMON   (1813-1871). 
Comb  manufacturer,  for  several  years  opposite  the  No.  8  school  house, 


DAVID    HOWE   (1796-1868). 
Carried  on  business  with  James  Hersey  at  the  corner  of  Union  and 
then  in  what  was  afterwards  the  Frank  Gates  shop  on   Monoosnock  Brook,       Central  Streets:    afterwards  interested  in  the  Union  Comb  Co.     He  was 
rear  of  Kendal!  Place.    Mr.  Damon  invented  the  swing  jaw  cutting  machine       also   a  dealer   in   horns.      During  the  civil  war  he  was  a  deputy  provost 
and  other  labor  saving  appliances.  marshal  in  Boston. 

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RESIDENCE   AND    HORSE-POWER   COMB   SHOP   OF   DEA.   CHARLES   HILLS. 

Dea.  Charles  Hills  carried  on  the  comb  business  in  the  shop  known  as  the  "Horse-Power  Building."  shown  in  this  picture  directly  opposite  his 
residence,  as  well  as  in  the  building  at  the  left  on  the  opposite  page.  Both  of  these  buildings,  as  well  as  the  barn,  still  retain  their  old-time  appearance 
of  fifty  years  ago.  The  horse-power  was  located  in  the  basement,  and  in  the  room  above  the  polishing  and  rubbing  of  the  combs  was  done.  The 
pasture  back  of  the  "Horse-Power"  was  the  rendezvous  on  old  "Election  Day"  of  the  old  and  young  men  of  the  neighborhood,  as  well  as  many 
from  the  Center,  who  came  together  to  play  "round  ball"  and  have  a  rousing  good  time  generally.  The  old-time  name  for  this  section  of  the  town 
was  the  "Hills  Road,"  but  it  was  more  commonly  called  "Manchester." 


NO 


COMB   SHOP    OF    DEA.    CHARLES    HILLS    AND    RESIDENCE    OF    CAPT.    THOMAS    HILLS. 

In  the  building  on  the  left  the  combs  were  made  ready  to  be  polished  and  rubbed,  then  taken  to  the  room  shown  in  the  end  of  the  building,  where 
they  were  finished  and  packed  for  the  market.  Many  of  the  old-time  residents  will  associate  this  building  with  the  turkey  shootings  which  were  wont 
to  take  place  in  the  afternoon  of  Thanksgiving  Day  from  the  rear  of  the  shop,  the  targets  being  located  on  a  little  knoll.  A  live  turkey  would  seldom  be 
put  up  to  be  shot  at.  but  oftener  a  board  or  several  sheets  of  gingerbread  tiedotogether  would  be  used  for  a  mark.  The  house  shown  in  the  distance  was 
for  many  years  the  residence  of  Capt.  Thomas  Hills,  who  also  was  an  extensive  manufacturer  of  combs  many  years  ago  in  shops  connected  with  the 
house,  but  long  since  removed. 


CAPT.  THOMAS    HILLS   (1785-1851). 
Was  for   years  one  of  the  principal  early  comb  makers  of  the  town. 
Identified  with  the  militia  in  the  war  of  1812.    Was  stationed  with  his  com- 
pany at  Fort  Warren.  Boston  Harbor. 


JONAS   COLBURN    (1798-1873). 
Was  for  fifty  years  a  successful  comb  manufacturer.     Was  the  first 
man  who  used    cotton  cloth  balls  for  polishing  combs,  and  the  fiist  and 
only  maker  who  made  rolled-cver  comts. 


THE    OLD    COMB   SHOP   OF    JONAS    COLBURN   &  SON,    PLEASANT   STREET. 


WM.    M.   HOWLAND   HOUSE,    MAIN   STREET. 
Residence  of  Clarence  Kenney. 


HOUSE    NEAR    KING'S   CORNER 
Where   First  Town   Meeting  was  Held.      (Destroyed  by  Fire. 


J.   AUGUSTUS    KENDALL    HOUSE.    1862. 
Houghton  Hill  in  the  Distance. 


LAWRENCE    HOUSE.    PLEASANT   STREET,    IN    IE 
Located  on  what  is  now  Kendall  Place. 


JOSLIN    &   WILLIAMS'    FACTORY,   WATER   STREET. 


CHARLES  L.  JOSLIN  (1823-1893). 
Son  of  Major  Elias  Joslin.  Apprenticed  to  Thos.  G.  and  Joseph  G. 
Merriam.  Was  in  comb  business  successively  with  Dana  Graham,  E.  G. 
Adams,  W.  L,  Palmer  and  A.  W.  Williams,  and  later  with  Mr.  Williams, 
retiring  in  1883.  Was  director  in  National  Bank  and  vice  president  of 
Savings  Bank.     Several  years  selectman  and  representative  to  legislature. 


BENJAMIN  F.  BLODGETT. 
Born  in  Chesterfield,  N.  H..  in  1822.  Came  to  Leominster  in  1842. 
Worked  at  comb  making  for  G.  &  A.  Morse  and  Joslin  &  Adams.  Mem- 
ber of  last  named  firm  three  years.  Bought  out  the  firm  in  1863.  After- 
wards with  James  B.  Gallup  and  in  firm  of  B.  F.  Blodgett  &  Co.  Has 
served  the  town  for  years  as  overseer  of  the  poor. 


RESIDENCE    OF   HON.    GEORGE    F.    MORSE,   WEST  STREET. 


RESIDENCE    OF   ALBERT    G.    MORSE.    BLOSSOM    STREET. 


SAMUEL  MERRIAM  (1818-1880). 
Native  of  Mason.  N.  H.  Came  to  Leominster  in  1864,  and  with  Messrs. 
George  Hall  and  S.  C.  Pickard,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  furniture 
under  the  firm  name  of  Merriam,  Hall  &  Co.  Chairman  board  of  select- 
men, director  First  National  Bank,  deacon  of  Central  Baptist  Church, 
and  superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school  several  years. 


GEORGE  HALL  (1831-1894). 
Born  in  Mason.  N.  H.  Several  years  in  cabinet  making  business  in 
Nashua.  N.  H.  In  1864.  with  Messrs.  Merriam  and  Pickard.  established 
the  furniture  business  of  Merriam,  Hall  &  Co.  Was  a  member  of  the  water 
board  from  its  origin,  representative  to  legislature,  and  director  in  the 
Leominster  National  Bank  and  Safety  Fund  National  Bank  of  Fitchburg. 


VIEW   OF   GARDNER   HILL. 

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Richardson,  Photo. 


WILLIAM    MILTCN    HGWLAND   (1817-1874). 

Several  years  with  Jchn  H.  Lcckey  in  the  firm  of  Lockey  &  How- 
land.  In  1866.  retiring  from  business.  Served  as  treasurer  of  water 
board,  chairman  building  committee  and  member  organ  committee  when 
the  present  Orthodox  church  was  built. 


HON.  JOHN    H.   LOCKEY   11323-1890). 

Established  the  business  of  the  J.  H.  Lcckey  Piano  Case  Co.  in 
1851.  Also  manufactured  corn  planters  and  apple  parers  with  W.  M.  How- 
land.  Served  town  in  many  positions  of  trust.  President  First  National 
Bank:   representative  in  1866:  State  senator  in  1867-'69. 


DWIGHT    B.    LOOK   (1820-1899). 

Old-time  comb  manufacturer.  Represented  the  town  in  the  legislature 
in  1880— '81 .  Served  on  board  of  assessors,  as  auditor,  collector  of  taxes, 
and  overseer  of  the  poor.  Several  years  President  of  the  Leominster 
Savings  Bank. 


OLIVER    G.   CALDWELL   (1805-1885). 

Native  of  Lunenburg.  Came  to  Leominster  in  1855,  and  was  for 
many  years  in  company  with  S.  A.  Miller,  under  the  firm  name  of  Cald- 
well &   Miller,  tub  manufacturers,  retiring  from  active  business  in  1874. 


THE    OLD    HILLS    HOUSE,    PLEASANT   STREET. 


Birthplace  of  the  comb  industry  in  Leominster.  Built  in  the  year  1759  by  Elias  Carter,  and  by  him  sold  to  Obadiah  Hills  in  1774.  Here  in 
that  year,  or  soon  after.  Mr.  Hills  commenced  to  make  combs  from  horns,  the  kitchen  of  his  house  being  the  first  comb  shop.  The  work  then, 
and  for  many  years  after,  was  all  done  by  hand. 


NATHANIEL    CARTER    (1770-1850). 
Born  at  Stoddard,  N.  H..  Nov.  29,  1770.     Died  on  Bee  Hill,  Aug.  10, 
1850.     He  lived  on  the  Bee  Hill  Farm,  occupied  before  him  by  his  father 
and  grandfather. 


ANNA    FARWELL   CARTER   (1780-1851). 
Born  in   Fitchburg,  Mass.,  April  9,  1780.     Widow  of  Thomas   Carter, 
fourth  :    married  a  second  time  to  Nathaniel  Carter,  and  resided  with  him 
on  Bee  Hill  Farm,  where  she  died  May  17,  1851. 


AMORY    POLLARD    (1804-1890). 

Born  March  19.  1804.  in  Lancaster  (Old  Common).  Mass.  Resided  in 
Clinton,  moving  to  Leominster  about  1836:  afterwards  went  to  Sterling, 
and  returned  to  Leominster  in  1855.  where  he  died  August  30,  1890.  Was 
one  of  the  old  school  comb  manufacturers  and  farmer. 


EDWARD    PREVEAR    (1817-1899). 

Watchmaker  and  jeweller  in  Lecmir.ster  from  1858.  Invented  a  transit 
instrument  for  ascertaining  exact  time.  Was  appointed  by  Gov.  Claflin  in 
1870  commissioner  for  establishing  meridian  lines  in  each  county  of  Mas- 
sachusetts. 


WILLIAM    T.    ALLEN    (1831-1875).  DANIEL    WALDO   SALISBURY    (1817-1890). 

_  ,  ......  ,,  ,  Son  of  Samuel  and  Nancy  (Gardner)  Salisbury,  and  grandson  of   Rev. 

For  many  years  in  the  photograph  business  in  Leominster.     Many  of       Francjs  Gardner      For  mlny  years  a  resii3nt  in  Leominster  on  the  Salis- 

the  old  views  in  this  volume  are  taken  from  Mr.  Allen's  photographs.  bury  estate.  West  Street. 

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THE    OLD    DAVID    HOUGHTON    HOUSE.  '    '■   Davis.Photo 


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FIREPLACE    IN    DAVID    HOUGHTON    HOUSE. 


E.  G.  Davis,  Photo. 


LEOMINSTER    HOTEL    AND    SAWTELLE'S    BLOCK.    1895. 


UNITARIAN    CHURCH    AND    FOSTER'S    CORNER.    1895. 


RESIDENCE    OF    FRANK    B.   WRIGHT.    PLEASANT   STREET.    1890. 


107 


CHARLES    H.    MERRIAM,   ESQ.   (1822-1883). 
Began  practice  of  the  law  in  Leominster  in  1852.    Appointed  trial  jus- 
tice :  held  almost  every  important  town  office  :  representative  to  legislature 
in  1869-70-71  :  represented  his  distiict  in  the  Senate  in  1878-79. 


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CHAUNCEY   W.   CARTER,   ESQ. 
Born  in  Leominster  Nov.  5.  1827.     Began  practice  of  the  law  in  Gardner 
in  1857,  returning  to  Leominster  five  years  later.    Served  the  town  as  select- 
man, assessor  and  overseer  of   the  poor.     Appointed  trial  justice  in  1883. 


HAMILTON    MAYO.    ESQ. 
Dartmouth, '73;   Albany  Law  School. '74.     Began  practice  in  Leomin- 
ster. 1875:   appointed  trial  justice,  1883.     Several  years  member  of  school 
committee.    President  Leominster  Nat.  Bank  since  its  organization  in  1884. 


HARRY    C.    BASCOM.    ESQ. 
Born  in  Holden.  Mass..  1866.     Tufts  College,  '89.     Studied  at  Boston 
University  law  school  and  with  J.  T.  and  R.  E.  Joslin,  Hudson,  Mass.     Be- 
gan practice  in  Leominster  in  1892.    Appointed  trial  justice  in  1895. 


WHITING    GATES    PLACE.  WHITING   GATES   (1815—). 

Mr.  Gates  is  one  of  the  oldest  native  residents  of  Leominster.  He  was  born  in  1815,  and  with  the  exception  of  three  or  four  years  in  Worcester, 
has  been  a  life-long  resident  of  the  town.  While  in  Worcester  he  served  as  constable  and  deputy  sheriff  under  Calvin  Willard.  the  dignified  high 
sheriff  of  Worcester  County.  In  1862  he  returned  to  Leominster  and  settled  on  and  for  thirty  years  occupied  what  is  known  as  the  Whiting  Gates 
place,  in  the  easterly  part  of  the  town.  The  farmhouse  here  shown  was  built  in  1801  by  John  Divoll.  the  grandfather  of  Mr.  Gates.  For  several  years 
Mr.  Gates  was  interested  in  the  grist  and  saw  mill  established  by  Dr.  James  Carter,  rebuilding  the  dam.  Gates  &  Harris  also  manufactured  horn 
buttons  there.  This  was  afterwards  the  linen  mill  site;  later,  the  Leominster  Park  was  located  here,  and  the  present  street  railway  power  house 
built.     In  1892   Mr.  Gates  sold  his  farm  and  built  and  removed  to  his  present  Lancaster  Street  residence. 


RESIDENCE    OF   WALTER   T.    ROBBINS.    MERRIAM    AVENUE. 

1 1 1 


Richardson,  Photo. 


F.  A.  WHITNEY   GARDEN.    FROM    MERRIAM    AVENUE. 
1  12 


(;<■<>  P.  Jones,  Photo. 


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RESIDENCE    OF    F.    A.   WHITNEY.    GROVE   AVENUE. 


FRANCIS    A.   WHITNEY. 
Native  of  Westminster,  Mass.,  but  for  more  than  fifty  years  a 
resident  and  prominent  business  man  of   Leominster.     One  of    the 
founders  of  the  F.  A.  Whitney  carriage  industry,  the  Whitney  Reed 
Chair  Co.,  Wachusett  Shirt  Co..  and  the  United  States  Thread  Co. 


WHITNEY    LAKE.     VIEWS   TAKEN    AT   THE    HEAD    OF   THE    LAKF. 

1  1  + 


Geo.  P  .I'uu-s.  Photo 


LAKESIDE."    FROM    WHITNEY    LAKE. 
115 


Geo.  P.  .Jones.  I'ln  to. 


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FACTORY    NO.    2   AND    LAUNDRY    OF    WACHUSETT   SHIRT    COMPANY.    WATER    STREET. 


FACTORIES    OF   THE    F.   A.   WHITNEY    CARRIAGE    COMPANY. 


CHARLES  A.  WHEELER,  iVt.  D.  HENRY  R.  BROWN.  M.  D. 

_      .  .,.„--        r,  _,    ,  .      ,  „,  ,  ,       ,  „,  Born  in  Lcudon,  N.  H.     Commenced  study  of  medicine  in  1862 :  same 

Giaduated  in    1856.      Entered  the  army  in   1861   as  private  in  the   15th       year  en]isted  in   Co    G    16th  N    H_  v.      Afterwards  resumed  studies  and 

Mass.  Vols. ;  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  in  1862.  and  served  in  that       graduated  in  1867  at  the  N.  Y.  Homoeopathic  Medical  College.    Practiced 

capacity  until  mustered  out  in  1864.     Has  served  on  school  board.  in  Waterbury.  Conn.:   located  in  Leominster  since  1869. 

1  is 


CHARLES   E.   BIGELOW.   M.  D. 
Born  in  Danielsonville,  Conn.     Brown  University.  '78;   Jefferson  Med- 
ical College.  '82.     Located  in  Leominster  same  year;   is  chairman  Leom- 
inster Board  of  Health,  and  director  and  member  of  investment  committee 
Leominster  Co-operative   Bank. 


EDWARD    J.   CUTTER.    M.  D.  ( 1855-1900). 
Harvard  College,  '77,   Harvard  Medical  School,  '81.     House  pupil  and 
house  surgeon  Boston  City  Hospital.  '80-'82 :   assistant  resident  physician 
State  almshouse,  Tewksbury.     Resigned  as  resident  physician  at   Boston 
City  Hospital  to  come  to  Leominster  in  1884. 


HON.   EDWARD    F.   BLODCETT. 
Native  of  Leominster.     Firm  of  B.  F.  Blodgett  &  Co..  comb  manufac- 
turers.   President  Leominster  Electric  Light  and  Power  Co.    Several  terms 
chairman   Republican   town  committee:     member   legislature,    1893-'94: 
Senator,  1900-'0l.  i 


ABNER   W.   POLLARD. 
Son  of  Amory  Pollard.     In   early  life    was  in   the   merchant  tailoring 
and  clothing  business,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  largest  fashion 
publishing  company  in  the  world  and  its  treasurer  for  thirty  years. 


RESIDENCE  OF  ABNER  W.  POLLARD.  WEST  STREET. 


Richardson,  Photo 


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RESIDENCE    OF   GEORGE   S.   JONES.   BLOSSOM   STREET. 

1  22 


r.r<i  I'  Joues,  Photo. 


GEORGE    S.   JONES. 
Born  in  Jaffrey,  N.  H..  in  1832.    Carried  on  the  tin  and  hardware  busi- 
ness in  Fitchburg;  bought  and  furnished  horses  for  the  government;  bought 
out  Cowdrey  &  Knapp,  and  carried  on  business  in  Leominster  until  1873. 
Built  the  Leominster  Hotel  in   1874-'75.  1 


GEORGE    P.    JONES. 

Son  of    George  S.    Jones  and  a   native  of   Leominster.     Is  travelling 
salesman  and  junior  member  of  the  Wachusett  Shirt  Company. 


VIEW   OF    PATON'S    POND   AND    FACTORY    OF   PATON    MANUFACTURING   CO..   CENTRAL   STREET. 


PLANT    OF   THE    VISCOLOID    COMPANY. 


RESIDENCE    OF   A.   S.   PATON.   MERRIAM    AVENUE. 


A.  S.    PATON. 
Fas  lived  in  Leominster  thirty  years.     President  of    the  Paton  Manu- 
facturing, the  Horn  and  Supply  and  the  Viscoloid  Companies.     Selectman 
1891-'2-'3:   representative  1898-'9-1900.    Identified  with  many  of  the  fra- 
ternal organizations.     Is  a  prominent  and  enterprising  business  man. 


B.   W.    DOYLE. 
One  of  the  younger  business  men  of  Leominster.     Born  here  Oct.  29, 
1873:   graduate  of  public  schools:  entered  employ  of  Horn  and  Supply  Co. 
in  1892:    now  secretary  and  manager  of  the  Horn  and  Supply  Co.,  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  Paton  Mfg.  Co.,  and  secretary  and  treasurer  Viscoloid  Co. 


FACTORY    OF   HORN    AND   SUPPLY   COMPANY. 


STEPHEN  A.  TISDALE. 
Born  in  Leominster,  Nov.  18.  182S.  Supt.  Horn  and  Supply  Co.  since 
its  incorporation.  Apprenticed  seven  years  to  Edmund  H.  Nichols.  A  de- 
signer and  engraver  for  Graham  &  Joslin,  G.  &  A.  Morse,  and  Joslin  & 
Adams.  One  of  the  organizers  of  the  Union  Comb  Co.,  doing  all  the  de- 
signing. Was  the  first  to  jig-saw  back  combs  by  power,  and  first  to  cut 
open  work  on  a  single  and  double  split  mandreL  machine.  His  most  im- 
portant invention  was  the  use  of  steam  in  clarifying  horn.  Veteran  of  civil 
war;  member  of  Post  53,  G.  A.  R.,  and  Wilder  Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M. 


ANN    ELIZABETH    (WHITCOMB)    TISDALE. 
Married  to  Stephen^A.  Tisdale  November  27,    1856. 


GEORGE   E.  T1SDALE. 
Native  of  Leominster.     Piano  maker  by  trade.     Served  in  First  Regt. 
M.  V.  band  in  civil  war.      Farmer  and  grader  for  the  past  sixteen  years, 
the  lawns  and  grounds  of  Leominster's  best  residences  giving  evidence  of 
his  artistic  ability  and  skill  as  a  grader. 


TAR1SSA    OPHELIA    (DAVIS)    TISDALE. 
Married  to  George  E.  Tisdale  November   21,  1849. 


130 


MAIN    STREET    RESIDENCE    OF    HAMILTON    MAYO.    ESQ. 

131 


Richardson,  Photo. 


HARRY  L.  PIERCE. 
President  Bradford  Traction  Co.,  Bradford.  Pa.,  Laconia  (N.  H.)  Street 
Railway  Co.,  and  treasurer  and  general  manager  Electric  Phosphate  Co. 
President  of  the  Country  Club  of  Leominster.  One  of  the  organizeis  and 
president  of  Fitchburg  and  Suburban  Street  Railway  until  its  recent  con- 
solidation.    Born  in  Somerville,  Mass.,  June  6,  1865. 


HERBERT    E.    BARTLETT. 
Manufacturer  of  toys  and  wood  novelties  under  the  firm  name  of  H.  E. 
Bartlett  &  Co.    Several  years  in  the  variety  wood  turning  business,  ei  larg- 
ing  his  business  in  1895.    Removed  to  his  Lancaster  street  factory  in  1897, 
to  accommodate  his  increasing  trade. 


KENDALL    BLOCK,    MECHANIC   STREET. 
133 


Richardson,  Photo. 


INTERIOR   VIEW    OF    GEORGE    M.  KENDALL'S    GREENHOUSE,  NORTH  MAIN  STREET.  Kivlan,  Photo. 

Dimensions  250x80  feet.     The  largest  greenhouse  devoted  to  the  growth  of  cucumbers,  lettuce  and  market  garden  produce  in  Worcester  County. 


HENRIETTA    (CONANT)    KENDALL. 
Married  to  George  M.   Kendall,   Oct.  10,  1863. 


GEORGE    M.    KENDALL. 
Selectman,  1898.     Introduced  the  idea  of  growing  cucumbers,  lettuce 
and  garden  produce  for  the  out  of   season  market  25  years  ago.     Also, 
contractor  and  builder  of    nearly  all  of   the  greenhouses  in  this  and  sur- 
rounding towns  devoted  to  the  same  purpose. 


RESIDENCE    OF    J.   W.    H.    LAWRENCE.    MAIN    STREET. 


Richardson,  l'lioto. 


130 


JOHN    W.   H.    LAWRENCE. 
Native  of  Concord,  Mass.    Worked  at  cabinet  business  in  Leominster, 
1865-'74,  when  he  engaged  with  S.  A.  Miller  in  the  manufacture  of  tubs 
and  pails.     Later  in  the  clothing  business  with  his  son,  Clifford  C. 


CLIFFORD   C.   LAWRENCE. 
Son  of  J.  W.  H.  Lawrence.     Native  of    Leominster  and  graduate  of 
Leominster  schools.     Since  engaged  in  the  retail  clothing  business  with 
his  father  in  the  firm  of  C.  C.  Lawrence  &  Co. 


137 


P.   H.   KILLILEA. 


CHARLES    S.    PERRY. 


In  the  insurance  business,  and  member  of  the  firm  of  F.  L.  Barrett  &  Was  for  severa]  years  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at   the  Whittier 

Co.,  real  estate  dealers.     Was  connected  with  fire  department;    clerk  of  Monument  square;   has  sinca  b33n  in  tie  insurance   business. 

Clipper  Hook  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  1,  and  served  onboard  of  engineers.  siana  a 


ROLLIN    B.   ANDREWS. 
Ecrn  in  Conway,  N.  H.,  April  16,  1655.     In  paper  hanging  and  grocery 
business  in  Fitchburg:    removed  to  Lecmirster  in  1877,  buying  out  G.  E. 
Litchfield  in  the  old  Hotel  Block,  in  1883  removing  to  present  location. 


WILLIAM    A.    LASSELLE. 

Chief  of  Police  of  Leominster  since  1890.    Was  appointed  on  the  force 
May,  1886.     Is  a  native  of  Norway,  Me.,  coming  to  Leominster  in  1884. 


HERBERT    P.    PREVEAR. 
President  Star  Button  Company  and  proprietor  Leominster  Button  Com- 
pany.     Son  of   Edward  Prevear.      Educated  in  Leominster  schools   and 
Annapolis  Naval  Academy. 


WILLIAM    B.    EARL. 

Travelling  salesman  for  W.  D.  Earl   &  Co.     Son  of  William  D.  Earl. 
Educated  in  the  public  schools  and  is  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College. 


E.  H.  ROCKWELL. 
Field  high  school,  '87;  W.  P.  I.,  '90.  With  Morrison,  civil  engineer, 
Chicago;  two  years  with  Norcross  Bros.,  Worcester.  In  business  with  his 
father  and  teacher  in  high  school.  Since  with  Boston  Bridge  Co.  as  civil 
engineer  and  expert  in  steel  construction  in  navy  department;  instructor 
in  steel  construction  and  designing  Y.  M.  Institute  evening  class.  , 


HERBERT    E.    McDONNELL. 

Graduate  of  the  Field  high  school,  and  for  seven  years"carried  on  a 
large  electrical  construction  business.  Recently'became  interested  in  the 
Automatic  Telegraph  Company  and  is  now  promoting  their  interests. 


WILBUR    N.    MAYNARD. 
Born  in  Leominster  Aug.  27.   1854.     Was  for  several  years  a  comb 
maker,  and  for  a  time  manufactured  piano  stools.     Since  1878   has  built 
up  the  extensive  business  of  the  Star  Enamel  Co..  of  which  he  is  the  pro- 
prietor. 


SYLVANDER    F.    MAYNARD. 
Born  in  Leominster  Oct.  12,  1841.     Enlisted  in  Co.  A.  15th  Regt.  M.  V 
July  12    1861.  and  was  with  his  regiment   in  all   its  engagements  to  battle 
of  Savage  Station.  Va.:   there  wounded,  taken  prisoner,  confined  on  Belle 
Isle,  exchanged  Aug.  5.  1862,  discharged  July  15.  1864.  having  served  full 
time.    Adjt.C.  H.  Stevens  Pest  53  G.  A.  R..  six  years:  commander  in  1895. 


JOSEPH    L.    MILLER, 
Leominster  correspondent  of   Fitchburg  Sentinel. 


GEORGE    FRANK   KENDALL. 
In  employ  of  George  M.  Kendall,  plumbing,  steam  and  hot  water  heat- 
ing, greenhouse  building,  etc. 


RESIDENCE    OF    EDWARD    B.   TILTON.   WASHINGTON    STREET. 


Riclianlaim.  I'lioto. 


RESIDENCE    OF    GEORGE    A.    GANE,    MERRIAM    AVENUE. 


GEORGE    A.    GANE. 
President  G.  A.  Gane  Shirt  Co.     For  several  years  a  skil- 
ful maker  of  custom  shirts  in  Fitchburg.  coming  to  Leominster 
in  1881  to  take  charge  of  the  shirt  manufacturing,  which  was 
then  in  its  infancy. 


RESIDENCE    OF  S.   A.  STEVENS.   GROVE   AVENUE, 
l  t6 


RESIDENCE    OF   E.    M.    ROCKWELL.    GROVE    AVENUE. 


S.   A.  STEVENS. 
President    Leominster  Board  of   Trade,  and   a  member  of   the  water 


board 


E.   M.   ROCKWELL. 

Vice-President  Leominster  Board  of  Trade.    Prominent  woolen  manu- 
facturer.    Several  years  chairman  of  school  committee. 


GEORGE    G.   LAWRENCE. 
Secretary  Leominster  Board  of   Trade;    deputy  sheriff. 


F.   J.   LOTHROP. 

Treasurer  Leominster  Board  of  Trade ;   cashier  Leominster  National 
Bank. 


THOMAS    J.   AMES. 
Came  to  Leominster  in  1860.   Served  in  Co.  A,  36th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols., 
and  is  a  past  commander  of  Post  53.  G.  A.  R. ;    also  served  on  staff  of 
Commander-in-Chief.     Has  for  past   twenty-one  years  been  a  clerk  in  the 
railway  postal  service. 


THOMAS   A.   HILLS. 
Son  of  Capt.  Thomas  Hills.    Served  in   Co.  C.  53d  Mass.  Vols.,  and 
later  in  Co.  E.  5th  Mass.  Vols.    Lieut,  of  Co.  K.  10th  Regt.  M.V.  M.    Has 
been  postmaster  since  1874.     Is  a  past  commander  of  Post  53.  G.  A.  R. 


WOOSTER    F.   DODGE. 

Native  of  Leominster.  Enlisted  in  First  Mass.  Infantry  Band  in  '61. 
Re-enlisted  in  Fourth  Mass.  Heavy  Artillery.  Piano  maker  several  years: 
now  manufacturer  of  paper  boxes.  Member  G.  A.  R. :  five  years  select- 
man—  three  as  clerk  and  one  as  chairman. 


WALTER   T.   ROBBINS. 

Succeeded  to  the  express  business  on  the  death  of  his  father  in  1859. 
Was  agent  for  the  United  States  and  Canada  until  1882.  when  he  accepted 
the  agency  of  the  New  York  and  Boston  Despatch  Express.  Also  interested 
for  several  years  in  the  livery  business. 


AUGUSTUS   L.  WHITNEY. 

Chairman  board  of  selectmen;   member  Leominster  board  of   health: 
superintendent  of  National  Fibre  Board  Co.'s  works.  North  Leominster. 


Clerk  of  the  board  of  selectmen 
several  years  town  auditor. 


FRANK    S.    FARNSWORTH. 

bookkeeper  for  J.  B.  Farnsworth: 


WILL  G.  DERBY. 


GEORGE  H.  DERBY. 


Son   of    Cephas  Derby.     Several    years   a    member  of    the  board  of  Son  of    Cephas  Derby.     Inventor  of  the  Derby  Roll  Top  Desk, 

assessors. 

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COLUMBIA   HOTEL,    MAIN   STREET. 


\    E   Lyon,  Builder. 


ALBERT    E.    LYON. 


RESIDENCE,    1    ARLINGTON    STREET. 


Native  of  Chelmsford,  Mass.  Came  to  Leominster  in  1870  and  worked  at  his  trade  for  Stillman  A.  Meads  and  A.  E.  Litchfield  until  1873.  since 
which  time  he  has  carried  on  the  contracting  and  building  business  for  himself.  Many  of  the  best  residences  and  public  buildings  in  this  and  adjoin- 
ing towns  were  built  under  his  direction. 


FACTORY    OF   DAMON.   HOWE    &   CO..    1894. 


GEORGE    R.    DAMON. 
Comb  manufacturer.     Twenty  years  connected  with  fire  department, 
five  as  chief  and  ten  on  board  of    Engineers.     Served  in  civil  war  in  36th 
M.  V..  and  in  Mass.  6th. 


CHARLES    H.    HOWE. 
Comb  manufacturer.    Associated  with  G.  R.  Damon  in  firm  of  Damon. 
Howe  &  Co.    Previous  to  1878  worked  at  the  furniture  and  piano  business. 


1886 


1901 


GRAIN   STORE   OF   BOSWORTH    &   WOOD.   PLEASANT  STREET.   CORNER    OF   PEARL. 
This  was  the  old  Allen  Building,  corner  of   Pleasant   and    Park  streets,  which  was   moved    to    its  present    location  to  make  way  for  the  Allen 
(Drickl   Block.     The  two  views  show  the  recent  improvements  made  in    ts  exterior  appearance 


M.  H.  BOSWORTH. 
Native   of   West  Boylston.      Came   to  Leominster  in   1881.      Bought 
grist   mill  and  grain  store  of   Cousins  &  Son.      Is    now    associated   with 
B.  F.  Wood  under  the  firm  name  of    Bosworth  &  Wood. 


BENJ.   F.  WOOD. 
Native  of   Westminster.  Mass.     In   1873  came  to  Leominster,  where 
for  twenty  years  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  grain  business,  for  the  past  ten 
years  with   M.   H.   Bosworth. 


HON.  GEORGE    F.    MORSE. 
Son  of  Gardner  Morse:   native  of  Leominster.     Prominent  in  town  and 
state  affairs  many  years.      Member  of  the  Governor's  council,  library  trus- 
tee, and  a  director  in  Leom.  Gas  Co.  and  Wachusett  Nat.  Bank,  Fitchburg. 


HON.  SOLON   A.  CARTER. 
Son  of  Solon  Carter;    native  of  Leominster.    State  Treasurer  of  New 
Hampshire.     Served  as  captain  in  14th  N.  H.  Infantry  and  Assistant  Adju- 
tant General.  U.  S.  V.,  during  the  rebellion. 


RESIDENCE    OF    ARTHUR    C.    MERRIMAN,    SCHOOL   STREET. 


Richardson,  Photo. 


FRANK    J.   WOODBURY. 
Proprietor  of  the  Jewett  Piano  Co.;    connected  with  the  factory  from 


boyhood.      Member  of  the  fire  department  for  several  years; 
board  of  engineers. 


now  on  the 


HENRY    F.   SAWTELLE. 
Native  of  Bolton.  Mass.     Started  in  the  hardware  business  in  Leom- 
inster in  1888.  in  firm  of  Sawtelle  &  Estabrook:    subsequently  bought  out 
his  partner's  interest  and  now  conducts  the  business  alone. 


WILLIAM    S.    REED. 
Treasurer  Concord.  Maynard  &  Hudson  Street  Railway  Co.      In   1874 
established  the  toy  business,  and  was    president  of    the  W.  S.   Reed  Toy 
Co.     Since  interested  in  mining  and  street  railway  enterprises. 


CHARLES    E.   DRESSER. 
Treasurer   Waltham    Street    Railway  Co.     Was  engaged   in   the   drug 
business  in  Leominster  from   1875  to   1881.     Afterwards  treasurer  W.  S. 
Reed  Toy  Co.     More  recently  interested  in  street  railway  business. 


A.   EUGENE   NEWTON. 
Firm   of    Newton  &   Merriman.      Connected  with  the    comb   business 
nearly  all  his  life.     Present  business  established  in   1892  by  Mr.  Newton 
and  F.  W.  Osgood. 


ARTHUR   C.   MERRIMAN. 

Associated   with  A.   E.   Newton  in  the  firm   of    Newton  &   Merriman, 
having  purchased  the  interest  of   F.  W.   Osgood  in   1893. 


EDWARD    B.   TILTON. 

Native  of  Leominster.     In  business  since  1880  with  George  H.  Cook 
(firm  of  Tilton  &  Cook)  in  the  manufacture  of  combs  and  jewelry. 


CLEMENT    H.   TENNEY. 

Manufacturer  of  horn  and  celluloid  goods   (firm  of  Tenney  &  Porter) 
since   1886.     Learned  his  trade  of  Jonas  Colburn. 


DR.  F.  E.  NIMS. 
Native  of  Rowe.  Mass.     Educated  in  Shtlburne   Falls  Academy  and 
Pennsylvania  Dental  College  of  Philadelphia.     In  Leominster  since   1873. 
and  in  his  present  office  all  but  the  first  eleven  months  of  the  time. 


LUCIUS   A.   RICHARDSON. 
The  veteran   photographer,  who  has  for  many  years   carried  on  the 
business  in  Leominster.      Many  of   the  views  and  portraits  for  this  book 
were  made  by  him. 


WILLARD    F.    LAWRENCE. 
Manager  of  the  Union  Coal  Company  in  Leominster.     Has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  coal  business  for  fifteen  years.     Is  a  director  and  member  of 
investment  committee  Leominster  Co-operative  Bank. 


ALFRED    L.WALKER. 
Graduate  Wesleyan  Academy.     Several   years  in  real  estate  and  insur- 
ance business.    Secretary  of  Board  of  Trade   1894-1900.     P.  G.  of  Leom- 
inster Lodge.  I.  0.  0.  F..  and  secretary  board  of  trustees  M.  E.  church. 


RESIDENCE    OF    A.    A.   TISDALE.   WEST   STREET. 
168 


Rii  hndson,  Photo. 


ALBERT    A.   TISDALE.  EDWARD    R.   TISDALE. 

President  of  the  Whitney  Reed  Chair  Co.  and  Treasurer  of   the  Horn  ,.        ,     ,  ,   ,  ... 

and  Supply  Co.     Several    years  with  the  Union   Comb   Co. ;     afterwards  Manufacturer  of   horn  goods  and   novelties, 

member  of  the  firm  of  S.  A.  Tisdale  &  Co..  and  later  A.  A.  Tisdale  &  Co.       State  Comb  Company. 

169 


Proprietor  of   the  Bay 


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LANCASTER  STREET  SCHOOL.    ERECTED    1900. 


PRIEST   STREET   SCHOOL. 


SPRUCE    STREET   SCHOOL. 


LANCASTER   STREET   SCHOOL   (REAR   VIEW). 


GEORGE    STREET   SCHOOL    (REAR.  VIEW). 


PROF.  CHARLES  F.  NIXON,  PH.  G. 
Established  in  the  drug  business  in  Leominster  since  1879.  Has  been 
President  of  the  Mass.  State  Pharmaceutical  Association:  is  now  President 
Mass.  State  Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy,  and  Professor  of  Materia 
Medica  and  Botany  in  Mass.  College  of  Pharmacy.  Served  the  town  four 
years  on  the  school  committee,  two  years  as  its  chairman. 


H.    PORTER    HALL.    M.  D. 
Native  of   Kennebunk.   Me.     College   of   Physicians   and   Surgeons, 
New  York;    Maine  Medical  College.  1873;    student  in  London  hospitals; 
practiced   in   Portland,   Me.;    settled   in    Leominster  in   1876.     Served  on 
school  board:   now  chairman. 


APPLETON    H.    PIERCE.    M.  D. 
Field  High  School,  '87:   Harvard,  '92;    Harvard  Medical  School,  '95; 
interne  Boston  Lunatic  Hospital,  '93:    Worcester  City  Hospital,  '94;    as- 
sistant  physician  Worcester  Insane  Hospital.   '95-'96;    began  practice  in 
Leominster  January,  1897.     On  school  board  since   '99.  173 


J.  A.  STOWELL. 
Native  of  Claremont.  N.  H.      Has  been  a  manufacturer  of  machinery 
in  Leominster  since  1873.     Served  several  years  on  the  library  committee, 
and  is  a  member  of    the  school  board. 


HON.   JOEL   D.    MILLER.  JOHN    G.  THOMPSON.    A.   M. 

Born  in  Athol.  Oct.  10.  1837.     Athol  high  school.  Bernardstown  acad-  Dartmouth.  '86.     Taught  in  New  Hampshire  and   Massachusetts  gram- 

emy  Williams,  '64.    Taught  in  Jewett.  N.  Y. :  principal  Athol  high  school :       mar  and  high  schools.    Superintendent  of  school  distnct  including  Nor  h- 

principal    Field   high  school.  Leominster.  1867  to   1892.     Member  Senate       boro.    Southboro.    Shrewsbury    and    Berlin:     superintendent    Leominster 

1894-'5-'6.     Editor  Leominster  Enterprise  from  1885.  schools  1891-'9S.     Principal  State  normal  school  at  Rtchburg  since  1895. 

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THOMAS    E.   THOMPSON. 
Received  his  preparation  for  educational  work  in  Illinois.     Since  1885 
has  been  engaged  in  this  work  in  Saxton's  River,  Vt.,  Fitzwilliam.  N.  H., 
Sandwich,  Wellesley  and  Lawrence,  Mass.     Was  called  to  Leominster  as 
superintendent  of  schools  in  1895. 


WILLIAM  E.  PULS1FER,  A.  M. 
Westbrook  Seminary  and  Bates  College ;  principal  Stoughton  high 
school,  1876-'83:  superintendent  of  schools,  Leominster.  1883-'84;  N.  E. 
manager  Ginn  &  Co.,  publishers.  1885-'89:  member  firm  D.  C.  Heath  & 
Co.,  publishers,  1889-1901 ;  member  city  government,  Somerville.  1888- 
'39;  President  Union  League  Club,  Brooklyn,  1898-99. 


THE    GARDNER    PARSONAGE.   WHERE    NOW   STANDS   THE   SALISBURY    MANSION.  WEST  STREET.  :    '     '"       '•'""" 

RESIDENCE    OF  DR.   A.   H.    PIERCE. 
The  parsonage  was  built  in   1763  by  Rev.   Francis  Gardner,  second  minister  of  the  town.     It  was  burned  while  being  moved  in   1860. 

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E.  G.  Davis,  Photo. 
SALISBURY    POND    AND    GARDNER    HILL.      (From   Residence  of  Dr.  A.   H.   Pierce.) 


Previous  to   1850  there  was  an  orchard  of  seventy-five  apple  trees  where   this  beautiful  sheet  of  water  now  is. 


DOUBLE    PHOTO   OF   EDMUND    G.   DAVIS.  TAKEN    IN,  1865. 

Reproduced  from  Stereoscopic  View, 

The  taking  of   these  double  pictures,  which  is  now  attracting  so  much  attention  as  something  new  in  photography,  was  very  successfully  done  in 
Leominster  by  Mr.  Davis  at  least  thirty-six  years  ago. 


GEN.   TOM    THUMB    AND    MINNIE    WARREN. 

One  of  the  attractions  at  an  entertainment  in  the  Unitarian  Church, 
years  ago,  in  which  Leominster's  genial  town  clerk  took  a  leading  part. 


"ED"    BLODGETT    IN    1865, 

Looking  forward  to  Senator  Blodgett  of    1901.     Reproduced  from  one  of 
E.  G.  Davis'  double  pictures,  taken  at  his  studio  in  Allen's  Elock. 


JAMES    M.    BRONSON, 

The  veteran  librarian,  holding  that  position  from  1864.  when  the  Town  Hall 
was  raised  and  the  library  fitted  up.  until  his  resignation  this  year.  1901. 
Mr.  Bronson  is  a  Grand  Army  man.  having  served  in  Co.  D.  2d  Regt.  R.  I. 
Infantry. 


EDMUND    G.    DAVIS. 

A  lineal  descendant  of  Gershom  and  Tamar  Houghton,  the  first  set- 
tlers of  the  town.  Began  photography  in  a  travelling  car  on  the  old  training 
field:  afterwards  in  Allen's  Block.  Later  with  his  father  in  the  upholstery 
business.     He  still  indulges  in  landscape  photography  as  a  pastime. 


OLD  TOWN    HALL   REMODELLED. 


KENDALL   HALL,   N.   LEOMINSTER. 


'UNCLE  JAMES"    AND  THE  CURFEW. 


Jonas  Henry  Kendall  will  be  remembered  as  one  of  the  generous  benefactors  of  the  town.  He  died  in  1862.  By  his  will,  besides  minor 
bequests  to  individuals  and  a  gift  to  the  town  of  a  fine  bell  for  the  town  house  and  $5000  for  a  hall  and  school  room  at  North  Leominster,  he 
bequeathed  $5000  for  a  Free  Public  Library,  the  income  of  $10,000  for  the  support  of  the  high  school,  and  the  income  of  $3000  for  the  benefit 
of  the  school  at  North  Leominster.  Previous  to  that  time  the  bell  given  by  Joel  Crosby  in  1823  was  expected  to  ring  the  evening  curfew,  but 
when  that  given  by  Mr.  Kendall  was  placed  in  the  town  hall  belfry  it  became  the  curfew  bell,  and  the  janitor  of  the  hall  was  the  bell  ringer 
appointed  by  the  town.     For  the  past  thirty-seven  years  the  bell  has  been  rung  by  the  veteran  librarian,   Mr.  James  M.   Bronson. 


CALEB    BLODGETT. 
Principal  of  High  School    1856-58.     Studied  law  and  practiced 
in  Boston.     Was  appointed  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  in  1882. 

REV.  SAMUEL  H.  VIRGIN.  D.  D..  LL.  D. 
Principal  of  High  School  1864—66.  Afterwards  pastor  of  Broad- 
way Cong'!  Church,  Somerville.  Mass.,  and  Pilgrim  Church.  New 
York,  of  which,  since  Jan.  1.  1900.  he  has  been  pastor  emeritus.  He 
has  written  much  for  publication,  and  served  as  Chairman  of  the 
Publishing  Committee  of  the  American  Tract  Society. 

HALSEY    J.    BOARDMAN. 
Principal  of  High  School  in  1858.     Studied  law  and  practiced  in 
Boston.    Was  President  of  the  Senate  in  1887-88. 


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OLD    HIGH    SCHOOL   AND    GARDNER    HALL. 
Built  in  1824  where  the  New  Town  Hall  now  stands.     Its  destruction  by  fire,  Sept.  1.  1870,  led  to  the  establishment  of  a  town  water  supply. 


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FIRST   CLASS    OF    1870.   FIELD    HIGH   SCHOOL. 


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SECOND    CLASS    OF    1870,    FIELD    HIGH    SCHOOL. 


Lieut.J.  C.  Smith,      Edith  M.  Richardson,       Helen  Houghton,      Walter  E.  I".  Gehrman,      Ethel  S.  Chute.  Mrs.  Caroline  S.  Tupper,       Mrs.  Lydia  M,  Fnlle 

Mil.  Drill.               t'.rcck  and  llist'-i  \                Com'l  Dept.                        German.                        Drawing.  Grade  IX.                                 French. 

I.m\    W.   South  wick,                           Sarah    E,   Richardson,                          Wallace   I-:.  Mason.  Mrs.    Maria   I".   Wheelock, 

Pupil  Teacher.                                       English  Dept.                                         Principal.  Music. 

A  unit    Con  I  in,                                                         Hriust    W.    Small.  A  imi.i    ("..    M  Orse, 

Grade  VII.                                                   Sub-Master.  Drawing. 


GRADUATING    CLASS.    1901. 
187 


WALLACE    E.    MASON.   PRINCIPAL    L.    H.  S. 

Bowdoin  College  A.  B.  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa  1882.  High  School 
Principal  in  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts  and  Maine,  '32-'90;  admitted 
to  Colorado  bar  '90;  practised  law  in  Tennessee  '90-'91  ;  Frincipal  Crange 
(Mass.)  High  School  '92-'97:  Leominster  High  School  '97—. 


CAPT.  J.  C.  SMITH. 

Drill  Master  Leominster  High  School  since  1893.  Captain  6th  Regt. 
M.  V.  M.  Served  as  1st  Lieutenant  in  Co.  B,  6th  Mass.  Infantry  in  Spanish- 
American  war.  Past  Master  Wilder  Lodge.  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Past  Captain 
Sons  of  Veterans. 


CAMP   WACHUSETT,   L.   H.  S.  CADETS.    1900. 
189 


■  ■vi  cllrcnc  r    qui™    'fii  Clifton  B.  Herrick.  '01. 

Henry  A.  Croft,    02.  Eugene  L..  s>mith.    ui. 

LEOMINSTER    HIGH    SCHOOL    DEBATING   TEAM.   WINNERS    OF   THE    PATCN    PRIZE   TROPHY 

At  the  Frize  Debate  between  the  Fitchburg  and  Leominster  High  Schools,  which  was  held  April    18.    1901.  in  Fitchburg. 


THE    FIELD    HIGH   SCHOOL. 
So  named  in  honor  of   Dr.   C.   C.   Field,  and  in  recognition  of  his  long  and  efficient  service  in  connection  with  the  schools  of  Lee  minster. 


L.   H.  S.   FRESHMAN    FOOTBALL   TEAM.    1900. 


LEOMINSTER    HIGH    SCHOOL    GIRLS'    BASKET    BALL   TEAM.    1900. 
Gieson.  '02.  Forward:    Bell,  '02.  Back:    Ordunc.  '03.  Back;    Hawkins.  '03,  Forward;    Miller,  '01,  Center. 

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AN    EARLY    MORNING    TRIP   TO   WHALOM. 


ON    THE    ROAD. 


CAFE    AT   WHALOM    PARK.    CONSTRUCTED    1899. 


LOOKING   UP    MONOOSNOCK    BROOK   AND    RAVINE. 


VIEW    FROM    GARDNER    HILL. 


DOWN  THE  VALLEY  FROM  CARTER'S   PARK. 


BACK    OF    GARDNEf 


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UP  WEST  STREET,  NEAR  COTTON. 


HOOK    AND    LADDER    COMPANY    No.    1.   SEPTEMBER.    1874. 
This  picture  was  taken  just  before  the  parade  of   the  Fire  Department,  the  ladies  having  trimmed  the  truck  for  that  occasion. 


BOARD    OF    ENGINEERS    LEOMINSTER    FIRE    DEPARTMENT.    1892. 

W.   H.  Spaulding,   Chief. 

R.  W.  Ward,  2d  Asst.         C.  H.  Pierce,  3d  Asst.         E.  L.  Phelps.  4th  Asst.         P.  H.  Killelea.  1st  Asst. 


LEOMINSTER    SPRINTERS.     ONE    OF  THE    OLD-TIME   HOOK   AND  LADDER   TEAMS. 

1.   Elmer  Chase.     2.   Fred  Drew.     3.   Henry  Bcwers.     4.   Michael  Dyer.     5.  Thomas  Finnan.     6.  Cornelius  Do/le. 

7.   F.A.Harrington.    8.  Wm.  Davis.    9.  C.  E.  Nutter.     10.   Fred  Morse.     11.   Geo.  C.  Edger  y.     12.   H.  L.  Orcutt.     13.  Fred  Stuart.     14.  Pat  McCaffrey. 

15.  Wm.  Lundigan.      16.   John  Lane.       17.   R.  W.  Gray.  Capt.      18.     H.  A.  Arris.      19.   Dennis  Hurley.     20.   F.  J.  Woodbury. 


BOARD    OF    ENGINEERS    LEOMINSTER    FIRE    DEPARTMENT.    1901. 

H.  W.   Pierce,  1st  Assistant.  G.  W.   Foss,  4th  Assistant. 

C.  A.   Garland.   Chief. 

J.   C.   Madigan,  3d  Assistant.  F.   J.  Woodbury,  2d  Assistant. 


GEORGE   W.  EDGERLY, 
General   Manager  Union   Manufacturing  Company. 


JOHN    Q.    EDGERLY. 
Treasurer  Union   Manufacturing  Company. 


FRANK    E.    EDCERLY. 
President   Union   Manufacturing  Company. 


ALFRED    NICHOLSON, 
Leominster   Horn   Company. 


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FACTORY    OF   UNION    MANUFACTURING   COMPANY.  PLEASANT   STREET. 


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PLEASANT   STREET.    LOOKING   TOWARDS   THE    CENTER. 


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ALONG   THE   SHORE   AT   LAKE   WHALOM. 


A   WARM    DAY   AT   WHALOM    PARK. 


THE    RUSTIC   STAGE,   WHALOM.   BUILT    IN    1897. 

Since   removed  to  make  way  for  the  New  Theatre  Building  recently  erected. 

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CORNER  OF  WATER  AND  WHITNEY  STS. 


NEAR  THE  WACHUSETT  SHIRT  FACTORIES.  WATER  ST. 


LAKE    WHALOM. 


The  well-known  public  park  and  amusement  resort 


WHALOM    PARK, 
purchased  by  the  Fitchburg  &  Leominster  Street  Railway  Company  and  opened  in   1893. 


THE    McKINLEY    CRUISER    AT   WHALOM    LAKE. 
The  famous  cruiser,  so  widely  noticed  as  a  Trolley  Gunboat  propelled  through  the  streets  by  electricity  in  the  campaign  of    If 


l;  i.  hardson*  Photo. 


THE    BIG    MOOSE   HEAD   AT  THE   LEOMINSTER 
CLUB   ROOMS. 

Shot  by  F.  H.  Cook  in  New  Brunswick,  September, 
1898,  and  mounted  by  S.  L.  Crosby  of  Bangor,  Me.,  who 
pronounced  it  the  largest  and  heaviest,  as  to  size  of  head 
and  spread  of  antlers,  he  had  ever  seen  outside  of  an 
Alaskan  head.  The  measurements,  as  given  by  Mr. 
Crosby,  are  as  follows:  Length  of  right  hand  beam.  39V4 
inches :  width  of  palmation.  IOV2  and  1 1  inches :  extreme 
spread,  67  inches ;  weight  of  skull  and  antlers,  67  pounds. 
There  are  24  points. 


LAKE    FRONT   AND    GROVE    AT    LAKE    WHALOM. 
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McGRATH    BLOCK.   CORNER    MAIN    AND    MECHANIC   STREETS. 


Kivlini.  Photo. 


HOME    OF   THE    LEOMINSTER    CLUB. 


Geo.  R,  Taylor,  Photo. 


RESIDENCE    OF    NAHUM    HARWOOD.    GROVE    AVENUE. 


Richardson.  Photo. 


NAHUM    HARWOOD. 
President   Leominster  Gas  Light   Co.,   Director  Leominster   National 
Bank,  and  President  Leominster  Worsted  Co.     Interested  since  1868  in  the 
leatherboard  business,  now  run  by  the  National  Fibre  Board  Co.  of  Boston. 


HOWARD    M.   LANE. 
Treasurer   and    Manager   Leominster  Gas  Light  Co..   on  water  board 
during  construction  of  water  works,   representative  to  legislature,  several 
years  chairman  board  of  selectmen. 


PLANT    OF   THE    LEOMINSTER   WORSTED    COMPANY.    ADAMS   STREET. 


Richardson,  Photo. 


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MERRIAM.    HALL   &    CO.'S    FACTORIES.    NORTH    LEOMINSTER. 


RESIDENCE    OF    WILLIAM    H.    CHASE.    GROVE    AVENUE. 


Richardson,  Photo. 


W.   H.   CHASE.  A.   N.   LITCH. 

Native   of  North  Weare.  N.  H.      Vice  President  and  Treasurer  of  the  Native  of    Fitchburg.   Mass.      Secretary  of    the  Leominster  Worsted 

Leominster  Worsted  Company  since  1887.  Company  since   1891. 

221 


ARTHUR    H.   HALL. 
Furniture  manufacturer,  firm  of  Merriam.  Hall  &  Co.:   connected  with 
this  business  for  25  years.     Director  Safety  Fund  National   Bank.  Fitch- 
burg:  trustee  and  on  investment  committee  of  Leominster  Savings  Bank; 
member  of  water  board.  - 


D.   C.   NICKERSON. 
Mass.     Prominent  dry  goods  merchant 


Native  of  Harwich 
inster  since  1874.     Director  in  Leominster  National  Bank 
Leominster  Savings  Bank 


Leom- 
trustee  in  the 


RESIDENCE    OF    D.    C.    NICKERSON,    GROVE    AVENUE. 


CHARLES   A.    JOSLIN. 


EDWARD    B.    KINGMAN. 


Native  of  Leominster.     Town  Clerk  and  Treasurer  since   1884.     Col-  Since   1888  has  been   a   manufacturer  of   celluloid,   rubber  and   shell 

lector  of  Taxes  since  1891.  goods  and  novelties  in  Leominster. 


ROBERT  L.  CARTER. 


WILLIAM    A.    PUTNAM. 


Born  in  Leominster.    Secretary  and  Treasurer  Leominster  Co-operative  Proprietor  J.   M.   Lockey   &   Co.  insurance  agency.     Was  for  several 

Bank  since  1891  :   assistant  town  cleik.  yeais  book-keeper  in  the  Leominster  National  Bank. 


RESIDENCE    OF    CHARLES    A.    JOSLIN.    MAIN    STREET. 


■■■■ 


RESIDENCE    OF    EDWARD    B.    KINGMAN,   ORCHARD    STREET. 


Ricliavlsoii,   Plmtu. 


RICHARDSON    BLOCK:      RESIDENCE    OF    LESLIE    L.    RICHARDSON,    HIGH    STREET.  Richardson, Photo. 

228 


RESIDENCE    OF    EVERETT    B.    RICHARDSON.    HIGH    STREET. 


Richardson.  Photo. 


EVERETT    B.    RICHARDSON. 
President  and   Manager  Richarcson  Piano  Case  Co.     Native  of  Leom- 
inster.    Connected  with  the  piano  case  business  as  book-keeper  and  super- 
intendent before  the  present  ccmpany  was  organized. 


LESLIE   L.   RICHARDSON. 
Vice-President  of  the  Richardson  Piano  Case  Co.,  was  born  in  Leom- 
inster and  was  a  practical  piano  maker  for  several  years  previous  to  the 
formation  of  the  company. 


HENRY    R.   SMITH. 
Born  in  Leominster  Oct.  7.  1842.     Served  in  Co.  A.  36th  Regt.  M.  V.. 
1862-'63.    Educated  for  the  ministry:  pastor  of  First  parish.  Barre,  Mass.. 
1869— '79.     In  comb  business  with  Joel  Smith,  1879-'86.      Treasurer  Rich- 
ardson Piano  Case  Company  from  its  organization  to  date. 


ROLFE   W.   SMITH. 

Born  in  Leominster  Jan.  9.    1879.      Graduated  from  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege. 1901.     Employed  by  Richardson  Piano  Case  Co. 


RESIDENCE    OF   HENRY    R.   SMITH,    ORCHARD   STREET. 

L>.T2 


PLEASANT   STREET    RESIDENCE    OF    HAMILTON    MAYO.    ESQ. 

233 


Richardson,  Photo. 


WALTER    N.   HOWE.  GEORGE   S.   GIBSON. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer  J.  D.  Miller  Co.  since  1898.      Born  in  Fitzwil-  c  ,    .   ,      .  ,    ,  r-   .  ,„„-, 

i,-^~     m     u  .       ..     j  j    r     i-  a   ul       i.  j id         "  „  Foreman  of    job    department   of    Leominster   Enterprise    since    1892. 

ham.   N.   H.:    attended    Cusning   academy.  Ashburnham,  and    Bryant  &  i  v  v 

Stratton's  commercial  college.  Boston.      Apprentice  at  Enterprise  office  Native  of  Leominster.     Son  of  George  P.  Gibson  and  grandson  of  Beza- 

Aug.  2,  1886.     Foreman  of  newspaper.  1887  to  1898.  leel  Gibson,  the  old-time  comb  manufacturer. 

23  1 


HARRY    J.    BELL. 
City  editor  Leominster  Daily  Enterprise.    Born  in  Ashby,  Aug.  19.  1861. 
Second  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  James  M.  Bell.    Completed  his  education 
at  Hopkins  academy.  Hadley.  and  Comer's  commercial  college.  Boston. 


FRED    L.    PERRY. 

Born  in  Leominster,  July  8.  1880.     Graduated  from  Field  high  school, 
class  of   1899.     Reportorial  staff  of  the  Leominster  Daily  Enterprise. 


RESIDENCE    OF   0.  A.  TAFT,    PEARL   STREET. 
236 


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OSCAR  ALEXANDER  TAFT. 
Native  of  Uxbridge.  Mass.  Son  of  Dr.  Brigham  A.  Taft,  a  prominent 
physician  of  Southern  Worcester  County.  Several  years  in  business  and 
manufacturing  in  Worcester :  dry  goods  and  insurance  business  in  Leom- 
inster; patent  attorney  and  interested  in  business  enterprises  in  Worcester, 
with  residence  at  Leominster. 


WILLIAM  A.  EMERSON. 
Engraver  and  publisher.  "  Handbook  of  Engraving."  1876.  republished 
by  Lee.  Shepard  &  Co.;  "History  of  Douglas."  his  native  town,  1879; 
"  Fitchburg.  Past  and  Present."  1887:  "Fireside  Legends  of  Fitchburg," 
1890,  1900:  and  "The  Leominster  Book,"  1901.  Resident  of  Leom- 
inster  1882-85. 


RESIDENCE   OF   MRS.   GEORGE  W.  FOSTER,  GROVE  AVENUE. 

238 


GEORGE    W.    FOSTER    (1849-1891). 
From   1873  to   1877  in  the  boot  and  shoe  business  with  his   brother. 
Charles  C  in  Foster's  Block:  afterwards  in  firm  of  Foster  Bros.  &  Ken- 
ney.  grocers,  and  later  with  the  F.  A.  Whitney  Carriage  Company. 


CHARLES   C.   FOSTER. 
Several  years  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Chicopee,  Mass. 


En- 


.  gaged  in  boot  and  shoe  business  in  1873;    afterwards  in  grocery  business; 
later  with  Leominster  Shirt  Co.     Served  on  library  and  school  committees. 


FOSTER'S    BLOCK    AND    BANK    BLOCK,    1879. 
24-0 


RESIDENCE    OF   A.    EUGENE   NEWTON.    EXCHANGE    STREET. 

1'4  1 


Richardson,  Photo. 


GEORGE    H.   WHEELOCK   (1824-1895). 
Native  of  Leominster.    Was  a  comb  maker  by  trade,  and  was  engaged 
with  others  in  comb  manufacturing  for  several  years.     Later  in  life  was  a 
travelling  salesman  in  Leominster  and  adjoining  towns. 


CHARLES   CARTER   KNOWLTON   (1835-19001. 
Eldest  son  of  Walter  and  Harriet  Knowlton.     Born  and  educated  in 
Leominster,  where  he  was  a  cabinet  maker  for  several  years.    Removed  to 
Ayer  in  1857,  but  returned  to  his  native  town,  where  he  died  Oct.  25,  1900. 


CHARLES   F.   CONANT   (1822-1883). 
Native  of  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  but  spent  a  considerable  portion  of  his 
life   in   Leominster.     He  was   for   many  years   a  valued   member  of   the 
Orthodox  Congregational  church. 


HENRY  L.  CONANT. 

Son  of  Charles  F.  and  Oral   B.  Conant.     Several  years  a  foreman  at 
the   F.  A.  Whitney  Carriage  Co..  and  interested  in  life  insurance. 


DEA.  S.  S.  CROCKER. 
Born  in  North  Leominster  Oct.  30,  1813.  Seventh  son  of  Dea.  Samuel 
Crocker.  Was  a  paper  manufacturer  in  Fitchburg.  Lawrence.  Leominster 
and  Holyoke.  A  strong  anti-slavery  man ;  deacon  in  the  Baptist  churches 
at  Fitchburg,  Lawrence  and  Leominster,  and  for  more  than  eighty  years  a 
Sunday  School  attendant  either  as  scholar,  teacher  or  superintendent. 


JOHN    B.   FARNSWORTH. 
Born  in  Ware,   Mass..  Aug.  6,  1833.     Established  his  steam  and  gas 
fitting  and  plumbing  business  in  Leominster  in  1878,  and  in  1883  a  branch 
in  Clinton.      In  the  management  of  his  Leominster  business  he  has  the 
assistance  of  his  son,  Frank  S.  Farnsworth. 


F.  |N.  BOUTWELL. 
Born  in  Craftsbury.  Vt,  July  30.  1835.  Apprenticed  in  Amherst  (N.  H.) 
printing  office:  journeyman  printer  in  Montpelier,  Boston  and  Fitchburg: 
editor  and  publisher  Milford  Republican.  1858-'62;  job  printer  at  Milford. 
1867.  and  in  Leominster,  1869;  published  the  Leominster  Enterprise,  1873- 
'85:   proprietor  of  a  job  printing  office  here  since. 


JOEL  J.  TYLER. 
Bern  in  Jaffrey,  N.  H..  1822.  Came  to  Leominster  in  1826  :  worked 
for  forty  years  in  the  piano  and  comb  factories ;  past  eight  years  with  his 
son  Joel  in  the  insurance  business  under  the  firm  name  of  J.  J.  Tyler  & 
Co.  Has  sought  no  public  honors,  but  enjoys  the  respect  and  confidence 
of  the  entire  community. 


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RESIDENCE    OF   SAMUEL   P.    BRACKETT.   HARRISON   STREET. 

2+6 


Kivlan.  Photo. 


PROFESSIONAL    LATHER. 


SAMUEL    P.    BRACKETT. 

Native  of  Walpole,  Mass.  Enlisted  in  the  40th  Regt.  Mass.  Volunteers,  serving  from  1862  to  '65,  his  regiment  being  one  of  the  first  to  enter  Rich- 
mond. He  came  to  Leominster  and  did  his  first  job  of  lathing  in  the  Leominster  Hotel  Block,  which  was  built  by  George  S.  Jones,  1874-'5.  Having 
started  in  business,  Mr.  Brackett  soon  acquired  a  reputation  for  rapid  as  well  as  conscientious  work,  and  as  a  result  the  majority  of  the  best  Leominster 
houses,  as  well  as  many  in  Fitchburg  and  Clinton,  which  have  since  been  built  have  called  for  his  services,  and  he  has  become  an  acknowledged  expert 
in  his  line. 


RESIDENCE    OF    P.    F.    LANE,    MT.    PLEASANT    AVENUE. 


Richardson,  Photo. 


P.    F.   LANE. 

Dealer  in  horn  and  hoof  stock  and  horn  working  machinery.  Was  for 
several  years  in  the  horn  bric-a-brac  business,  making  a  specialty  of  horn 
chairs  and  mounting  horns.  Was  also  interested  in  the  manufacture  of 
spirit  levels. 


WILLIAM  A.  SNOW. 
Eorn  in  Eastport,  Me.,  April  28,  1833.  Pupil  of  John  Rolin  Tilton  and 
Paul  Akers  at  Portland,  Me.  Afterwards  for  twenty  years  traveled  with 
Stone  &  Murray's,  Coup's.  Dan  Stone's,  and  other  well-known  circuses,  as 
one  of  the  celebrated  "  Snow  Brothers,"  professional  tumblers  and  acro- 
bats, and  owners  of  the  famous  troupe  of  trained  dogs.  Since  leaving  this 
business  has  earned  an  enviable  reputation  at  scene  and  decorative  painting. 


MOSES    D.   RICHARDSON   (1806-1888). 
Silas  Richardson.      Born  at  North  Leominster  and  a  life-long 


SILAS   RICHARDSON    (1802-1876). 
Born  in  North  Leominster.    Was  a  teacher  in  early  life,  but  in  1846  was 


resident  of   this  town.     He    joined  the   First   Baptist  church  in   1828  and       appointed  sexton  of   the  town  cemetery,  a  position  he  held  for  twenty-six 
was  its  clerk  from  1835  to  1838,  and  in   1848  was  chosen  deacon.  year,  failing  health  causing  him  to  resign  the  position  to  his  son  Charles  H 

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CHARLES  H.  RICHARDSON. 
Son  of  Silas  Richardson.  Born  in  Leominster  on  the  old  homestead 
Sept.  3.  1840.  Was  with  his  father,  who  was  for  so  many  years  the  village 
sexton,  succeeding  to  the  position  previous  to  his  father's  death.  Is  now  a 
furnishing  undertaker,  located  at  his  present  residence  and  place  of  business 
for  the  past  30  years. 


HARRIET    ELIZABETH    (RICHARDS)    RICHARDSON. 
Married  to  Charles  H.   Richardson.  Nov.  21.  1871. 


ASHER   A.   D.   YEAW.  REV.   JULIETTE   YEAW. 

Born  in  Foster,  R.  I.     Smithfield  Seminary.  Smithfield,  R.  1.     Since  Daughter  Emerson  and  Susan  Hills.     Merrimac  Normal  Inst..  Reed's 

age  of  sixteen,  designer  and  engraver  of  horn  and  shell  combs  in  Clinton,  Ferry.  N.  H.   Teacher  in  public  schools  of  Leominster  and  Lancaster,  1847- 

Northboro  and  Leominster.  '53.     Pastor  Independent  Liberal  church,  Greenwich,  Mass..  1885-1900. 


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Sarah  A.   Going. 
Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Brown. 


Mrs.  A.  G.  Boutelle.     Mrs.   Ella  M.  Wilder.  Mrs.  Henrietta  M.  Gates.     Lillian   Marble. 

Ellen  E.  Pitts.  Mrs.  Lydia  J.  Rixford.       Josie  A.  Davis.  Cynthia  P.  Boutelle. 


FRANK    H.   POPE. 
Born  in  Sandwich,   Mass.     Dean  Academy,  Franklin,   Mass.     Elocu- 
tionist. New  York  Literary  Bureau  several  seasons.    Secretary  Democratic 
State  Central  Committee.  '97.     Reportorial  staff   Boston  Globe  :    corres- 
pondent New  York  Herald. 


MRS.    KATE    G.   POPE. 

Daughter  of  Asher  A.  D.  and  Juliette  Yeaw. 
high  school.     Elocutionist. 


Graduate  of  Ncrthboro* 


Mrs.  Louise  B.  A  lieu.  Mrs.  Lizzie  C.  Keuuey.  Mrs.  Martha  D.  England.        Mrs.  Clara  A.  Wetherbee.        Mrs.  Orocy  A.  Whitney.        Mrs.  Sarah  H.  Edgartou.        Etta  Harrington. 

Group:    Mrs.  Lura  I.  Prevear,  Mrs.  Lillian  F.  Safford,  Mrs.  Alice  L.  Geldert.  Mrs.  Carrie  E.  Hancox. 
Mrs.  Lilian  J.  Bigelow.      [Mrs.  Frances  A.  Jones.       Grace  Pierce  Cook.  Mrs.  Alice  Holman.       Grace  L.  Burrage.  Mrs.  Gertrude  S.  Farmer. 


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ST.    MARK'S    CHURCH,    LEOMINSTER.    MASS. 


This  church,  with  the  organ  and  rectory,  was  the  gift  of  Mrs.  Minerva  C.  Crocker,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.  The  first  services  were  held  in  the  church 
Dec.  23,  1900.  Rev.  Francis  Alan  Brown,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  church,  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  Divinity  School  in  1896.  Ordained  to  the 
diaconate  by  Bishop  Lawrence  in  1896.  and  to  the  priesthood  in  1897.  Assistant  Minister  of  Christ  church,  Fitchburg,  from  graduation  to  May,  1897. 
Rector  of  St.  Mark's  church  since  March   1,  1897. 


ST.    MARK'S    CHURCH    (EPISCOPAL'.    CORNER    WEST   AND    COTTON    STREETS.    1900. 


E.  (J.  Davis.  Photo. 


Rev.  James  Madison  Bell.  D.  D.,  Susan  Foster  (Frye)  Bell,  his  wife,  and  their  three  sons.  Harry  J..  Sidney  E.  and  Enoch  F.  Bell.  The  death 
of  Dr.  Bell  occurred  Jan.  18.  1901.  at  the  age  cf  67  years.  He  was  a  native  of  New  York  city,  and  graduated  from  the  New  York  University,  subse- 
quently preparing  for  the  ministry  at  the  Andover  Theological  Seminary.  Dr.  Bell  was  a  ripe  scholar,  and  especially  well  versed  in  the  Hebrew  and 
Greek  languages.  In  1898  the  New  York  University  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  he  being  at  that  time  one  of  the  four  surviv- 
ing members  of  the  class  of  '54.  Dr.  Bell  was  a  stalwart'  Republican,  and  was  prominent  in  anti-slavery  work  during  the  stirring  days  of  the  great  civil 
war.  He  was  intensely  patriotic,  and  was  a  descendant  of  Sir  Francis  Bell,  who  settled  in  Connecticut  in  1640;  several  of  his  ancestors  were  soldiers 
and  officers  in  the  Revolution.  Dr.  Bell  had  pastoral  charges  in  prominent  New  England  towns  for  nearly  half  a  century.  He  settled  over  the  North 
Leominster  Congregational  church  in  1893. 


J.   F.   Goodhue.  Alanson  Richardson.         Dana  Graham.  Geo.   F.  Colburn.         L.   Goss.  J.   Cozzens.  Emerson  Prescott. 

Daniel   R.   Haynes.     Maj.  Joseph  Tenney.         Seneca  Colburn.         Luke  Wilder.  Henry  A.  Wilder.        Jacob  Colburn.  J.  B.  Gallup. 

Cyrus  Kinsman.  Charles  Carter.  Col.  H.  D.  Look.         Joseph  Look.  Ward   M.  Cotton.        A.  M.  Polley.  Gen.  Aaron  S.  Gibbs. 


THE    CHOIR    OF   ST.    MARK'S    CHURCH    (EPISCOPAL),    1900. 


Richardson,  Photo. 


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SECOND    PULPIT    OF    UNITARIAN    CHURCH. 


LAYING    CORNER    STONE    OF    ORTHODOX    CHURCH. 


UNITARIAN    CHURCH    INTERIOR. 


METHODIST    CHURCH    INTERIOR. 


INTERIOR   OF  THE    OLD   ST.   LEO'S   CHURCH.    MAIN   STREET. 


INTERIOR    OF   THE    NEW   ST.    LEO'S    CHURCH.    MAIN    STREET. 


A  BIT  OF  NORTH  LEOMINSTER  SCENERY. 

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<;e<>   P.  Jones,  Photo. 


TOLMAN    HOUSE. 

Built  by  Oliver  Carter,  son  of  one  of   the  first  settlers;    donor  of   the 
land  known  as  "Carter  Common." 


THE    CARTER    FARM. 

House  built    in   1773  by  Deacon    Ephraim    Carter,   great-grandfather 
of    Mrs.   George  L.  Chaney. 


Richardson,  Photo. 


Richardson,  Photo. 


RUINS    OF   THE    W.   S.    REED   TOY    COMPANY'S   FIRE.   SUMMER    STREET. 

268 


<;<-<<    I'.  .Tones.  Photo. 


MORNING    AFTER   THE    FIRE.      REED    TOY    CO..    SUMMER    STREET. 

269 


Geo.  P.  Jones,  Photo. 


RESIDENCE    OF    MANSON    D.    HAWS.    NORTH    LEOMINSTER. 


THE    HAWS    MEMORIAL    CHAPEL. 


Kii  lianlsuii,  Photo 


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MRS.  ELVIRA   F.   DODGE   1 1812-19001. 

Mrs.  Dodge  began  in  a  small  way  in  1857  making  paper 
boxes  at  her  home  on  Central  street.  In  1874  her  son.  Wooster 
F.  Dodge,  was  admitted  to  partnership  under  the  firm  name 
of  E.  F.  Dodge  &  Co.,  and  in  1890  she  gave  up  the  care  of 
the  manufactory  to  him :  but  up  to  the  very  last  year  of  her 
life,  although  88  years  of  age.  she  personally  conducted  the 
making  up  of  the  payrolls  and  paying  the  wages  to  each 
employee  in  person.  In  doing  this  she  took  great  satisfac- 
tion, and  never,  during  the  more  than  forty  years  of  active 
business  life,  delegated  that  duty  to  another. 


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MRS.    NANCY    SALISBURY. 

Youngest  daughter  of  Rev.  Francis  Gardner.  Married  Samuel  Salis- 
bury, an  old-time  Boston  merchant.  The  old  Gardner  parsonage  and  farm 
came  into. the  possession  of  the  Salisbury  family,  two  of  their  children. 
Daniel  Waldo  and  Rebecca  Salisbury,  residing  here  for  several  years. 


MISS    E.    EUNICE    TAINTER. 

Was  for  nearly  twenty  years  the  teacher  of  a  private  school  in  Fitch- 
burg,  which  she  gave  up  in  1851,  removing  to  her  horns  in  Leominster. 
In  Vol.  II.,  Fitchburg  Historical  Society  Proceedings,  is  a  most  interesting 
sketch  of  this  "  Dame  School  Sixty  Years  Ago." 


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FIVE    GENERATIONS    OF    THE    BURRAGE    FAMILY. 

Ruth    Kilburn    Burrage,  her  son    Emery,   grandson    John   Milton,   great- 
THURSTON    RICHARDSON.  C.   E.   GOULD,    CHAS.    P.   PIERCE.      grandson  Leonard,  Jr..  and  great-^reat-granddaughter  Ruth  Kilburn. 
AUSTIN    A.   SMITH. 

(From  photo  taken  at  Mr.  Richardson's  shop,  then  in  rear  of  Jcslin 
&  Adams'  comb  shop.  Union  Street.) 


THE    CAPTAIN    EPHRA1M    LINCOLN    HOUSE.   WEST   ST. 
The  above  is  a  reproduction  of  the  house  in  the  south  room  of  which  the  Ortho- 
dox Congregational  church  of  Leominster  was  formed.  Dec.  25,  1822.  and  where  for 
two  years  its  public  religious  services  were  held. 

276 


MARY    (DARLING)    LINCOLN   (1777-1864). 
Native  of  Leominster.     One  of   the  four  women  of  the  orig- 
inal   ten    persons    organized    as    the    Orthodox    Congregational 
church  in  1822. 


CASSIUS  DARLING, 
Nov.  24,  1800-July  25, 


COL.  JOSEPH  S.   DARLING, 
1873.  June  8,  1802-March  10. 


CHAS.  BOYNTON   DARLING, 
1883.  July  13,  1805-June29,  1882. 


WILLIAM   A.  DARLING. 
March  28,  1807-Dec.  27, 


1892. 


These  four  brothers  were  all  natives  of  Leominster,  and  all  lived  to  a  good  old  age.  Their  father  died  when  the  boys  were  very  young  and  their 
mother  married  Captain  Ephraim  Lincoln,  and  it  was  at  their  house  on  West  Street  that  the  Orthodox  Congregational  church  was  organized  and  held  its 
services  for  two  years. 


27  7 


PORTER    PIPER.  Davis,  Photo. 

Probably  the  oldest  male  resident  in  town.  Came  to  Leominster  in 
1850  and  engaged  in  the  comb  business,  afterwards  taking  up  real  estate. 
Is  of  the  Unitarian  faith  ;  is  the  only  surviving  charter  member  of  the 
Fitchburg  Railroad.  2 


LEANDER    ARCHIBALD.  Davfa,Photo. 

Born  in  May.  1816.  Has,  followed  the  trade  of  blacksmith,  and  for 
many  years  occupied  the  old  blacksmith  shop  near  the  bridge  in  North 
Leominster. 


THE    ARCHIBALD    BLACKSMITH    SHOP.    NORTH    LEOMINSTER. 


E.  G.  Davis.  Photo. 


This  is  one  of  the  old  landmarks  of  Leominster.     Originally  built  by  Luther  Stearns,  who  sold  it  to  his  son  Emory,  of  whom  Mr.  Archibald  bought 
it  in    1836. 


CAPT.  LEONARD   BURRAGE   (1797-1 883). 
Learned  the  trade  of   tanner  and  carried  on  the  business  successfully. 
Active  in  town  affairs:  moderator  at  town  meetings:  selectman  and  school 
committeeman :    four   years   representative.      Served  as  captain   in   the 
militia.     President  of  the  Leomirster  Savings  Bank. 


GEORGE   SANDERSON    BURRAGE  ( 1823-1876). 
Native  of  Leominster.     Moved  to  Ashburnham.  and  for  several  years 
interested  in  chair  manufacturing.     Afterwards   carried  on   the   furniture 
business  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.     Later  on  went  into  grape  raising  in  Napa 
Valley,  where  he  died  May  16.  1876. 


ALBERT   C.    BURRAGE. 
Son  of  George  S.  and  Aurelia  Burrage.     Harvard,  '83.    Lawyer:  mem- 
ber Boston  Common  Council,  1892;   appointed  on   Boston  Rapid  Transit 
Commission    by  Gov.   Greenhalge.    1894;    President    Boston,   Bay  State, 
Roxbury,  Dorchester  and  South  Boston  Gas  Light  Companies,  1896-'97. 


CHARLES    D.    BURRAGE. 

Son  of  George  S.  and  Aurelia  Burrage.  Lawyer:  practiced  at  Gardner. 
Mass.,  1882  to  1896.  Vice-President  and  counsel  Boston,  South  Boston. 
Roxbury  and  Bay  State  Gas  Light  Companies,  1897 — . 


LEOMINSTER    HIGH   SCHOOL    FOOTBALL   SQUAD.    1900. 

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LEOMINSTER    HIGH    SCHOOL   CADETS.    1901. 
Major,   Henry  Croff. 

Co.  A — Captain.  Bertie  Fierce;    1st  Lieutenant.  Alfred  Lothrop;  2d  Lieutenant,  James  J.  Cleary. 
Co.  B — Captain.  Herman  W.  Suhlke ;    1st  Lieutenant.  Daniel  W.  Watson:    2d  Lieutenant.  William  Lane. 

283 


MAJOR   AMOS   HAWS   (1794-1865). 
Manufactured  boots   and  shoes  in  North  Leominster.     Afterwards,  in 
1830.  engaged  in  the   grist  and  saw  mill  business.     Interested  in  military 
matters:  was  captain  of  the  company  and  afterwards  major  of  the  bat- 
talion of  artillery  to  which  the  company  belonged. 


OLIVER    HALL  (1810-1893). 
Born  in  Leominster.      His  father  died  when  he  was  a  child.     At  the 
age  of  twelve  he  went  to  Boston.     Was  a  florist  and  market  gardener  in 
Roxbury  and  Worcester,  returning  to  Leominster,  where  he  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life. 


STEPHEN    AUSTIN    MILLER    (1819-1894).  SAMUEL    GATES   (1814-1895:. 

Native   of    Ashburnham.     Moved   to   Leominster    in    1854.   and    with  Was   a   native  of    Gardner,   Mass.     At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he 

Oliver  G.  Caldwell  manufactured  tubs  and  pails.     Retired  from  business  in       located  in  Leominster  and  served  his  apprenticeship  at  the  comb  business. 
1888.     Served  the  town  as  selectman,  1867-'68-'69.  Afterwards  carried  on  the  business  for  a  number  of  years. 

285 


A    CAKE    WALK    AT    WHALOM. 


THE    NEW   THEATER    AT   WHALOM.    1901. 
2  8  7 


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THE    WILDER    HOMESTEAD.    MANNING    AVENUE. 

For  nearly  fifty  years  the  home  of  Savilon  E.  Wilder.  Mr.  Wilder  was  the  youngest 
boy  in  the  family  of  nine  children.  His  father.  Elisha  Wilder,  was  a  pioneer  resident  of 
Leominster,  whose  farm  was  on  Pleasant  street. 

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SAVILON    E.   WILDER    (1817-1894). 
A  native  and  for  seventy-five  years  a  resident  of  Leomin- 
ster.     He  followed   the    trade   of   comb   maker  for  several 
years,  and  afterwards  established  and  for  nearly  forty  years 
canied  on  an  extensive  painting  business. 


THE    OLD    COMB   SHOP    OF    JOSLIN,    PALMER    &    WILLIAMS.    1871. 

289 


Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
Congregational  Church,  N.  Leominster. 


First  Universalist  Church.        Orthodox  Congregational  Church. 

First  Baptist  Church.  St.  Leo's  Catholic  Church  and  Residence. 


Rev.  H.  E.  Cocley. 
Rev.  E.  A.  Horton. 
Rev.   E.   B.   Payne. 


Rev.  S.  C.   Kendall. 
Rev.  Wm.  J.   Batt. 
Rev.  Daniel  Shiel. 


Rev.  W.   B.  Toulmin. 
Rev.  Wm.  H.  Savage. 
Rev.  C.   F.  Rice. 


Rev.  J.   B.   Robinson. 
Rev.  John  Peterson. 
Rev.   F.  A.   Balcom. 


REV.    RUFUS    PHINEAS   STEBBINS. 

Graduate  of  Amherst  and  of  the  theological  school  at  Cambridge.  Or- 
dained and  settled  over  Unitarian  church,  Leominster,  in  1837.  In  1844 
accepted  a  call  to  preside  over  an  institution  in  Meadville,  Pa.,  for  the 
preparation  of  young  men  for  the  ministry.  Served  town  six  years  on 
School  board. 


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.REV.  GEORGE    MADISON    BODGE. 
Bridgton  academy.  Me. ;    Bowdoin.  1868:    Harvard  divinity  school. 


'78.  President  Gould  academy  and  Gorham  and  Westbrook  seminaries. 
Me.  Pastor  at  Dorchester.  East  Boston,  Leominster  (1892-'98),  and  West- 
wood.  Historical  writer  and  lecturer.  His  volume  on  "Indian  Wars"  is 
recognized  authority  on  Colonial  wars.  Served  in  7th  Maine  Regt.  in  civil 
war.   Is  a  well-known  Mason  and  Grand  Prelate  Mass.  Grand  Lodge,  K.  of  P. 


REV.  GABRIEL  HAVENS  DeBEVOISE. 
Born  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Phillips  Andover.  '53;  Williams,  '57;  Andover 
I  heological  Seminary, '64.  Pastor  Cong,  church,  Walpole  N  H  '65-'68- 
North  Brookfield,  Mass.,  '68-80:  Leominster,  '80-'83;  Supt  Con?  S  s' 
Mass..  •83;'86:  Pastor  Keene.  N.H.,  '86-'96.  Financial  ageni  Kurn  Hattin 
Homes,  Westminster,  Vt..  '96-'98;  since  pastor  of  church  in  Westminster 


293 


REV.  RICHARD  MEREDITH. 
Welsh  parentage.  Educated  for  the  ministry  in  his  native  land 
Came  to  America  in  1862.  Fifteen  years  in  itineracy  in  Troy  Conference 
M.  E.  Church;  six  years  with  First  Cong,  church.  E.  Hartford,  Conn  • 
Orthodox  Cong,  church,  Leominster.  1884-'93;  since  associate  pastor 
Tompkins  Avenue  church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  of  which  his  brother  is  pastor 


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EMERSON    HILLS    I  MARCH    7.    1804-FEB.  4,    1879). 

Son  of  Silas  Hills,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  comb  industry  in  Leom- 
inster. Deacon  Charles  Hills,  with  three  younger  brothers.  Silas.  Alvah 
and  Emerson,  were  associated  many  years  in  the  manufacture  of  combs. 


SUSAN  IWHITNEYi  HILLS. 
Born  in  Westminster  Aug.  19,  1809.  in  the  old  hotel,  her  father.  Stephen 
Whitney,  landlord.  Resident  of  Leominster  ninety  years.  Childhood  passed 
in  old  Leominster  Hotel,  built  by  her  stepfather.  Capt.  Calvin  Hale.  Over 
sixty  years  member  of  the  Unitarian  church  :  forty  years  teacher  in  Sunday 
School ;  member  of  Unitarian  Benevolent  Association  since  its  organ- 
ization. 


Isaac  Cowdrey.         L.W.Porter.         J.  P.  Lockey.  Aldrich  Cook.       John  Mather.        Maj.  T.  S.  Bennett.      Joseph  Haskell.      Silas  Conant. 

L.  W.  Conant.  George  Woods.      Geo.  S.  Burrage.     C.  C.  Boyden.      F.W.Hudson.     Dea.  W.  F.  Burrage.    E.  J.  Marsh.  C.  A.  Whitcomb. 

J.  C.  Lane.  Wm.  Durant.  Bartemas  Carter.     W.  H.  Jewett.       Geo.  Lawrence.    C.  H.  Porter.  David  C.  Allen.      C.  E.  Gould. 


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THEfOLD    NO.   4    SCHOOLHOUSE.    HARVARD    STREET. 


LEOMINSTER    LETTER    CARRIERS,    1901. 


RESIDENCE    OF    WILBUR    N.    MAYNARD,   WHITNEY    STREET. 


Kivlan,  Photo- 


THE  LUSK  PLACE,  WEST  STREET. 


SUN    ENAMEL    WORKS.   WHITNEY   STREET. 


THE  WARD   M.  COTTON   HOUSE,  WEST  ST. 


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PLANT    OF   THE    UNION    COMB    COMPANY.    ABOUT    1870. 


THE   EMERSON    PRESCOTT    COMB   SHOP. 

Built  by  J.  C.   Lane  in    1847.     Used  as  a  comb  shop  by  Bailey  &  Sprague.   Col.   H.   D.   Look  and  his  son  Charles.     Afterwards  by  the 

W.  S.   Reed  Toy  Co. 


THE    WILDER    HOMESTEAD.    PLEASANT   STREET. 


K.  (i.  Davis.  Photo. 


This  is  one  of  the  oldest  houses  in  Leominster.    It  was  the  home  of  Elisha  Wilder,  one  of  the  pioneer  farmers  of  Leominster.'  Here  he  lived 
for  many  years  and  reared  a  family  of  nine  children,  many  of  his  descendants  still  residing  in  Leominster. 


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THE    CELEBRATED    GOAT   TEAM. 


Arthur  C.  Merriman,  Photo,  1885. 

THE    GOAT   AUCTION    IN    MONUMENT   SQUARE. 

This  episode  created  quite  a  little  amusement  while  it  was  in  progress.  The  ball  was  set  rolling  by  a  citizen  whose  premises  had  been  invaded?  , 
by  two  stray  goats.  The  town,  in  town  meeting  assembled,  had  just  elected  E.  A.  Buffinton  field  driver  and  C.  E.  Dresser  pound  keeper.  Incidentally"  ' 
Town  Clerk  Joslin  met  them  on  the  street  and  suggested  that  they  should  be  sworn  in.  and  then  and  there  duly  qualified  them  to  serve.  Complaint 
was  then  promptly  entered.  Field  driver  Buffinton  took  the  goats  into  custody,  impounded  them  on  the  premises  of  pound  keeper  Dresser,  who 
was  obliged  to  feed  and  care  for  the  animals.  No  owner  appearing,  they  were  advertised  according  to  law^and  sold  at  public  auction,  Charles  H. 
Rice,  auctioneer.  They  were  bid  off  at  $50  by  C.  D.  Henry,  manager  of  Henry  &  Burton's  Theatre  Company,  who  afterwards  used  them  in  their 
street  parades. 


Wlmlom  Beach. 


INDEX  TO   ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Frontispiece 

Leominster  Band  in  1861 2 

Leominster  Center  in  1830 4 

Initial  and  New  Town  Hall 5 

Dedication  Soldiers'  Monument 6,  7 

Miles  Farm g 

Old  View   Monument  square 10 

Old  Torrent  Engine  Co 11 

Old  View  East  Side  Monument  square  16 

Old  Allen  Building 17 

Residence  Dr.  C.  C.  Field 18 

Old  Apple  Parer  Shop 19 

Raising  the  Curfew   Bell 23 

James  Bennett   at  Home 23 

Balch's  Tavern 24- 

Leominster  Light    Infantry 29 

Residence  of  Miss  Mary  Ann  Lincoln..  30 

Hdls  Family  and  Connections 31 

Birdseye  View  from  Gardner  Hill 32 

Green's    Band 33 

Residences  from    Monument  square 34 

Residence  of  Isaac  Cowdrev 34 

Site  of  Methodist  Church.." 34 

Three  Views  of  East  Side  of  Centrai 

street 35 

Balch's  Hotel,   1795 .'.""."!.'."""!!!]  36 

Allen's  Block,  about  1800 !  36 

Allen  House,  1834 36 

Residence  of  Joseph  Haskell 37 

Looking  West  from  Unitarian  church..  37 

Houghton    Hill   and  Grove 37 

Attic  in  the  McSherry  House 39 


VIEWS. 

Residence  of  F.  A.  Whitney 41 

Oetagou   Houses 41 

Looking  Up  West  street,  1865 41 

Capt.  Leonard  Burrage  Place 41 

Birdseye  View  from  Gardner  Hill 42 

George  F.  and  Gardner  Morse  Houses     43 

Residence  of  James  H.  Carter 43 

Fall  Brook  Cascade,  off  Pleasant  st...  44 

Jonas  Colburn  House 45 

Salisbury  Mansion 45 

Water  Street  Crossing 46 

Old  Passenger  Station 46 

Judge  Strong   Homestead 46 

View  from  Monument  square 46 

Josiah  Pierce  Place  and  Union  Block..  47 

N.  G.  Wood   Place 47 

James   Bennett   Residence 47 

Mechanic   street 47 

Two  Views  of  Common  and  Square...  49 

Woods'  Block  and  Monument  square..  50 

Monument  Square  Before   Fire 50 

Monument  Square  After  Fire 50 

Cattle  Show  on  the  Common 50 

The  Bennett  School  Building 51 

View  of  Monument   square   in  1895...  53 

Views  of  the  Burnt  District,  1873 54 

Firemen's  Muster  Views,  1873 55 

Looking  Down  Central  street,  1895....  59 

Grove   Back   of  Gardner  Hill 60 

The  Edward  Prevear  Residence 61 

The  Cephas   Derby    Place 62 

Residence  of  Chauncey  W.  Carter,  Esq.  63 


The  "Old  Abbey" 64 

Residence  of  George   P.   Gibson 65 

Looking  Up  Chestnut   street 66 

An  Oak  on  Pleasant  street,  1895 67 

Residence  of  Joel  D.    Miller 68 

Residence  of  Merrick   Howe 68 

Grove  avenue  in  1895 69 

Down  Park   street 70 

Union   Block 70 

Union  Comb  Co.'s    Factory 70 

Ruins  After  the  Fire  in   1873 70 

Laying  Corner  Stone  Orthodox  Church      71 

Laying  Corner  Stone  Methodist  Church  71 

Mam  street   from   Common 71 

Monument  square  from  Common,  1895  72 

Looking  Down  Park  street  in  1895....  72 

Foster's  Corner  and   Bank  Block 73 

Allen's  Corner  from   Monument 73 

Farmers  and    Mechanics'   Fair 73 

Old  Ladies'   Home 76 

Pearl  street  from    Pleasant 77 

Pleasant  street  near  Pond 78 

Gardner   place  from   West  street 79 

Railroad   Bridge  at   North  Leominster  80 

Birdseye  View  from  Lincoln  Farm 80 

Old  Brick  School  House,  Pleasant  st..  80 

John  Gardner   House 80 

The   Old    Robbins  Homestead 82 

Hills'  Horse  Power  Comb  Shop 86 

Residence  of  Dea.  Charles  Hills 86 

Comb  Shop  of  Dea.   Charles  Hills 87 

Residence  of  Capt.  Thomas  Hills 87 


Comb  Shop  of    |onas  Colburn  &  Son  S9 

William   M.    Howland  House 90 

House  near  Kings'  Corner 90 

J.    Augustus   Kendall    House '.II 

Lawrence   House  in    1SS0 91 

Joslin  &  Williams'  Factory 92 

Residence  of   Hon.  George   F.  Morse...  9  1 

Residence  of  Albert  6.  Morse 95 

View  of  Gardner  Hill 97 

The  did   Hills    House 100 

The  Old    David  Houghton  II. .use 10  + 

Fireplace  in  David  Houghton  House...  105 

Leominster  Hotel   and  Sawtelle's  bl'k.  106 

Foster's  Corner 106 

Residence  of  F.  B.   Wright,   1890 107 

Whiting  Gates   Place 110 

Residence  of  Walter  T.  Robbins Ill 

I".  A     Whitney  Garden 112 

Residence  of  F.  A    Whitney 113 

Whitney   Lake 11  + 

"Lakeside"  from    Whitney   Lake 115 

Wachusett  Shirt  Co.  s  Factory 116 

F.   A.   Whitney  Carriage  Co.'s  Plant...  117 

Residence  of  Abner   W.   Pollard 121 

Residence  oi  George  S.  Jones 122 

Paton's  Pond   and  Factory 12+ 

Plant  of  the  Viscoloid  Co 125 

Residence  of  A.   S.   Paton 126 

Factory  of  the  Horn  and  Supply  Co..  128 

Resilience  of   Hamilton    Mayo,    list] 131 

Kendall  Block L33 

Kendall's  Greenhouse 1  ■'!  1 

Residence  ol  J.  W.   II.    Lawrence 136 

Residence  of  Edward  B.  Tilton 1  l  l 

Residence  of  George  A.  Gane 145 

Residence  of   S.    A.   Stevens 1+0 

Residence  of   E.    M.    Rockwell 1  17 

Columbia  Hotel 15  1 

Residence  of   Albert   E.    Lyon 155 

Factory  of  Damon,  Howe  &  Co 156 

Old  Grain  Store  of  Bosworth  &  Wood  158 

New  ('.rain  Store  ol  I'.osworth  &  Wood  158 


Residence  of  Arthur  C.  Merriman 101 

Residence  of  A.    A.   Tisdale 168 

Lancaster  Street  School 170 

Lancaster  Street  School 171 

Driest  Street   School 171 

Spruce  Street   School 171 

George  Street  School 171 

Gardner   Parsonage 1  76 

Residence  of  Dr.  A.  H.   Pierce 176 

Salisbury   Pond  and  Gardner  Hill 177 

Double  Photo   E.G.   Davis 178 

Double  Photo  Ed  Blodgett 1  79 

Charles  A.   Joslin   as   Tom    Thumb 179 

Old   Town 'Hall 181 

Kendall  Hall 181 

Uncle  lames  and   the  Curlew 181 

Gardner   Hall 183 

First  Class,  1870,  Field  High  School..  184 

Second  Class.  1870,  Field  High  School  185 

Graduating  Class,   1901 187 

Camp    Wachusett,   L.   H.  S.   Cadets 189 

Leominster  II.  S.  DebatingTeam,  1901  190 

The  Field  High  School 191 

L    II.  S.  Freshman  Football  Team 192 

L.   II.  S.  Girls'  Basket   Ball  Team 193 

Morning  Trip  to  Whalom 194 

On  the  Road  to   Whalom 195 

Cafe  at    Whalom  Park 195 

Looking  up    Monoosnoc  Brook 196 

Views  from  Gardner  Hill 197 

Hack  of  Gardner  Hill  11>7 

View  from  Carter's  Park 197 

Up  West    street 197 

Hook    and   Ladder   Co.  No.   1 198 

Hoard  of  Engineers,  L.  F.  D.,  1892....  199 

Old  Time   Team 200 

Board  of  Engineers,   L.  F.  D.,  1901...  201 

Factory  of  Union   Mfg.  Co 204 

Pleasant   street 205 

Shore  at   Whalom I'm'. 

Warm   Day  at   Whalom 206 

Rustic  Stage,    Whalom 2(>7 


Corner  of  Water  and  Whitney  streets.. 

Near  Wachusett    Shirt  Factories 

Lake  Whalom 

Whalom   Park 

The  McKinley  Cruiser 

The  P.ig  Moose  Head 

Lake  Front   at   Whalom  

McGrath  Block 

Home  of  the  Leominster  Club 

Residence  of  Xahum  Harwood 

Plant  of  the  Leominster  Worsted  Co.. 


Merriam,  H 

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ill  &   Co.   Factories 

William  H.  Chase 

D.  C.  Nickerson 

Charles   A.  Joslin 

Edward    B.  Kingman 

Leslie   L.  Richardson  

Everett  B.    Richardson.. 

Henry  R.  Smith 

Hamilton  Mayo,  Esq  — 

A.  Taft 

George  W.  Foster. 


Foster's  Block  and    Bank  Block. 

Residence  ot  A.   Eugene   Newton 

Residence  of  Samuel  P    Brackett 

Resilience  of  P.  F.  Lane 

Group  of  Ladies  (teachers) 

Group  of  Ladies  (singers) 

Interior  St.  Mark's  Church 

St.  Mark's   Church 

St.   Mark's  Church  Choir 

Pulpit   Unitarian   Church 

Interior  Unitarian   Church 

\.;t\  ing Corner  Stone  Orthodox  Church 

Interior  Methodist   Church  

Interior  ( >ld  St.    Leo's  Church 

Interior  New  St.  Leo's  Church 

\    Bit   of  North  Leominster  Scenery 

Tolman  House 

The  Carter   Farm 

Cemetery    View 

Abner  \V.   Pollard   Mausoleum 


•jos 
208 
209 
210 
211 
212 
213 
21  + 
215 
216 

21  s 
219 
220 
223 
226 

22  7 
228 
229 
232 
233 
236 
238 
240 
2  +  1 
2  t6 
2  is 
253 
255 
256 
25  7 
260 
261 
261 
261 
201 
202 
263 
264 
265 
205 

2<;i; 

207 


Ruins  W.  S.   Reed  Tov  Co.  Fire 268 

Morning  After  Fire 269 

Residence  of  Manson  D.   Haws 270 

The  Haws    Memorial  Chapel 271 

View  Near  Ice  Houses 274 

Rustic  Bridge,   Whalom 274 

Burrage  Family   Group 275 

Capt.  Ephraim    Lincoln   House 276 

Archibald    Blacksmith  Shop 279 

L.  H.  S.  Football  Squad,  1900 282 

L.  H.  S.   Cadets,  1901 283 


Cake  Walk  at  Whalom 286 

New  Theater  at  Whalom , 287 

The   Wilder  Homestead 288 

Joslin,  Palmer  &  Williams'  Comb  Shop   289 

Orthodox  Congregational  Church 290 

Central  Baptist  Church 290 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church 290 

Universalist  Church 290 

St.  Leo's  Catholic   Church 290 

Congregational     Church     of    Christ, 
North  Leominster 290 


Old  No.  4  School  House 296 

Leominster  Letter  Carriers 297 

Residence  of  Wilbur  N.   Maynard 298 

Sun  Enamel    Works 299 

Dea.  Ward  M.  Cotton  House 299 

Union  Comb  Co.  Plant 300 

Emerson  Prescott   Comb  Shop 301 

Elisha   Wilder   Homestead 302 

The  Celebrated  Goat  Team 303 

The  Goat   Auction 303 

Whalom   Beach 304 


Allen,  Capt.   David  15 

Allen,  David  C 295 

Allen,  Joel  C 20 

Allen,  Mrs.  Louise  B 255 

Allen,  William  T 103 

Ames,  Thomas  J 150 

Andrews,  Rollin  B 139 

Archibald,  Leander 278 

Arris,  H.  A 200 

Balch,  Capt.  Er 25 

Balcom,   Rev.  F.  A 291 

Bartlett,  Herbert  E 132 

Bascom,  Harrv  C 109 

Batt,  Rev.  W.  J 291 

Bell,  Rev.  Enoch  F 258 

Bell,   Harry  J 235,  258 

Bell,  Rev.  James  Madison  258 

Bell,  Sidney  E 258 

Bell,  Susan  Foster  (Frye)  258 

Bennett,  Capt,  Eugene  A 28 

Bennett,  lames 22,  23 

Bennett,  Mai.  T.  S 295 

Bigelow,  Dr.'  Charles  E 119 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  Lillian   J 255 

Blodgctt,  Benjamin   F!  93 


PORTRAITS. 

Blodgett,  Caleb 182 

Blodgett,  Hon.  Edward   F 120,  179 

Boardman,  Halsev    1 182 

Bodge,  Rev.  George  M 292 

Bosworth,  M.  H 159 

Boutelle,  Mrs.  Abbie  G 253 

Boutelle,  Cynthia 253 

Boutwell,  F.  N 245 

Bowers,  Henry 200 

Boyden,  C.   C 295 

Brackett,  Samuel   P 247 

Bronson,  James   M 180,  181 

Brown,  Rev.  Francis  Alan 256 

Brown,  Dr.  Henry   R 118 

Brown,  Mrs.  Sarah   E 253 

Burdette,  James 48 

Burrage,  Albert   C 281 

Burrage,  Charles    D 281 

Burrage,   Enior}' 275 

Burrage,  George  Sanderson 280 

Burrage,  George  S 295 

Burrage,  Grace  L 255 

Burrage,  John    Milton  275 

Burrage,  Capt.    Leonard  2S0 

Burrage,  Leonard,  Jr 275 


Burrage,  Ruth   Kilburn  275 

Burrage,  Dea    William  F 295 

Butterfield.  D 75 

Caldwell,  Oliver  G 99 

Carter,  Anna   Farwell 101 

Carter,  A.  H 75 

Carter,   Bartemas 295 

Carter,  Charles 259 

Carter,  Chauncey  W 108 

Carter,  James  H 40 

Carter,  Joseph  Warren 38 

Carter,   Nathaniel 101 

Carter,  R.  H 74 

Carter,  Robert  L 225 

Carter,  Ruth  Tenney  38 

Carter,  Hon.  Solon"  A 160 

Carter,  Solon 20 

Chase,  Charles  Adolphus 2 

Chase,   Elmer 200 

Chose,  W.  H 221 

Chute,  Ethel  S 186 

Colburn,  Charles  H 21 

Colburn,  George  F 259 

Colburn,  Jacob  259 

Colburn,  Jonas 88 


Colburn,  Seneca 259 

Conant,  C.   F 243 

Conant,  Henry  S 2+H 

Conant.  L.  W  295 

Conant,  Silas  295 

Conlin,   Annie 186 

Cook.    Aldrich  295 

Cook,  Grace  Pierce 255 

Cook,  Capt.  Lucien  A 28 

Coolev,  Rev.  H.  E 291 

Cotton,  Ward  M 259 

Cowdrey,  A.  W 7+ 

Cowdrey,  tsaac 295 

Cozzens,  Joseph    259 

Crocker,   Dea.  Samuel  12 

Crocker,  Dea.  S.  S I'll 

Croft,  Henry  A    190 

Crosby,  Hannah  9 

Crosby,  Joel 9 

Crosbv,    |.  F 74 

Cutler,  Dr.  Edward  J 119 

Damon,  George  R 157 

Damon,   M 85 

Darling,   Cassias  277 

Darling,  Charles  Boynton  271 

Darling,  Col.  Joseph   S 277 

Darling,  William  A -77 

Davis,  Edmund  G 17s.  180 

Davis,  fosie   A 253 

Davis,    William  200 

DeBevoise,   Rev.  G.  H 293 

Derby,  Cephas  57 

Derby,  C.  1! 75 

Derby.  George  11    153 

Derby,  II.  K 75 

Derby,  Will  G 153 

Dodge,  Elvira  I" 272 

Dodge,  Wooster  F 2,  151 

Doyle,   B.  W 127 

Doyle,  Cornelius 200 

Dresser,  Charles   E l(;-"> 

Drew.    Fred    200 


Durant,  William 295 

Dyer,   Michael  200 

Earle,  William   B 140 

Eaton,  Joseph  G 2 

Edgerly.   Frank  E 203 

Edgarton,  Mrs.  Sarah  H 255 

Edgerly,  George  W 200,  202 

Edgerlv,  |ohn   Q 202 

Elhck,  E.  A 75 

Emerson,  William  A 231 

England,  Mrs.  Martha   D 255 

Farmer,  Mrs     Gertrude   S 255 

Farnsworth,  Frank   S 152 

Farnsworth,    John  B 244 

Field,   Dr.  C.  C 21 

Finnan,  Thomas 200 

Fletcher,    Joel  W 52 

Foss,  G.  W 2(il 

Foster,   Charles  C 239 

Foster.   George   W 239 

Foster,  ].  B   75 

Fuller,  Mrs.  Lydia   M 186 

Gallup,  G    H 74 

Gallup,    I.  B 259 

Gallup.   L   R 7.". 

Gane.  George   A l+f> 

Gardner,    F 74 

Garland.    C.  A 201 

Gates,  Mrs    Henrietta   M 253 

Gates,   Samuel  285 

Gates.   Whiting  1  10 

Gchrman,  Walter    F,.   F' 186 

Geldert,   Mrs.   Alice  1 255 

Gibbs,  Gen.   Aaron  S 259 

Gibson,    Bezaleel  14 

Gibson,  George  S 234 

Gilchrist,    Warren  2 

Glover,  Lieut.  A.  R 7.". 

Going,  Sarah  A 253 

Goodhue,  J.  F 259 

Goodrich,  1 75 

Goss,  Levi 259 


Gould,  C.   E 275,  295 

Graham,   Dana 259 

Gray,  Capt.   K.  W 200 

Green,    Simeon  33 

Grout,    Charles  81 

Hall,  Arthur  H 222 

Hall,  George 96 

Hall,  Dr.  H.  Porter 172 

Hall,  Oliver 284 

Haucox,    Mrs.  Carrie   E 255 

Hardy,  E 75 

Harrington,    Iitta 255 

Harrington,   F.  A 200 

Harwood,  Nahum 217 

Haskell,   Joseph  295 

Haws,    Maj.    Amos  284 

Havnes,  Daniel  R 259 

Herrick,  Clifton   B 190 

Hills,    Dea.  Charles 15 

Hills,  Emerson 295 

Hills,  Susan  (Whitney)  29.". 

Hills,  Thomas  A 150 

Hills,    Capt.  Thomas 88 

Holman,  Mrs.  Alice 255 

Horton,  Rev.  E.  A 291 

Houghton.  Helen ISO 

Howe,    Charles    H 157 

Howe,   David  85 

Howe,  Walter  N 234 

Howland,    William    M 98 

Hudson,    F.  W 295 

Hurley.   Dennis 200 

[ewett,   W.  H 29.". 

Johnson,   A.  W 75 

Johnson,  W.  H 74 

lones,  Mrs.  Frances  A 255 

Jones,  George  P  123 

Jones,  George  S 123 

Jordan,    M.   L 7f> 

Jorgensen,  Capt 74 

Josfin,  Charles   A 178,  224 

Joslin,  Charles  1 93 


Joslin,  Maj.  Elias 48 

Kendall,  George  Frank 143 

Kendall,  George  M 135 

Kendall,  Henrietta  (Conant)  135 

Kendall,  J.  Henry 181 

Kendall,  Kev.  S.  C 291 

Kenney,  Mrs.  Lizzie  C 255 

Killilea,  P.  H 138,  199 

Kingman,  Edward  B 224 

Kinsman,  Cvrus 259 

Knowlton,  Charles  C 242 

Lamb,   C.  A 74 

Lane,  Howard  M 217 

Lane,   John  200 

Lane,   P.  F. 249 

Lasselle,  William  A 139 

Lawrence,  Clifford   C 137 

Lawrence,   George 295 

Lawrence,   George  G 149 

Lawrence,  J.  W.  H 137 

Lawrence,    VVillard  F 167 

Lewis,    Frank   W 2 

Lewis,  J.  M 75 

Lincoln,  Luke 40 

Lincoln,   Miss  Mary  Ann 30 

Lincoln.    Mary  (Darling)  276 

Litch,  Aaron  K 33 

Litch,  A.  N 221 

Litch,   C.  S 33 

Lockey,  Hon.  John  H 98 

Lockev,  J.  P 295 

Look,  Dwight  B 99 

Look,  Col.  H.  D 259 

Look,  Joseph 259 

Lothrop,   F.  J 149 

Lundigan,  William 200 

Lyon,  Albert   E 155 

Madigan,  J.  C 201 

Mason,  Wallace  E 186,   188 

Marble,   Lillia 253 

Marsh,  E.  J 295 

Marshall,   I    E 74 


Mather,  John 295 

Mavnard,  Svlvauder   F 142 

Maynard,  Wilbur  N 142 

Mayo,  Hamilton  109 

McCaffrey,  Pat 200 

McDonnell,  Herbert  E 141 

McDonough,    ] 75 

Mellen,  J.  M." 74 

Meredith,  Rev.  Richard  293 

Merriam,  Charles  H 108 

Merriam,  Samuel  96 

Merriman,  Arthur   C 164 

Miller,  Hon.   Joel    D 174 

Miller,  Joseph   L 143 

Miller,  Stephen   Austin 33,   285 

Moore,  Loren   L 2 

Morse,  Anna  G 186 

Morse,  Maj.  Gen.  Augustus 84 

Morse,  Fred  200 

Morse,  Gardner 84 

Morse,  Hon.  George  F 160 

Newton,  A.  Eugene 164 

Nichols,  Edmund   H 83 

Nicholson,  Alfred 203 

NicUerson,  D.  C 222 

Nims,  Dr.  F.  E 166 

Nixon,  Prof.  Charles  F 172 

Nutter,  C.  E 200 

Orcutt,   H.  L 200 

Osborn,  A.  B 75 

Osborne,  Lieut.  Andrew   B 13 

Owens,  J.  F 75 

Patch,  Oliver 57 

Paton,  A.  S 127 

Payne,  Rev.  E.  B 291 

Perry,  Charles  S 138 

Perry,  Fred   L 235 

Perry,   William 52 

Peterson,  Rev.  John 291 

Phelps,  E.  L. 199 

Pierce,  Dr.  Appleton  H 173 

Pierce,   C.  H 199 


Pierce,  Charles  P 275 

Pierce,  Dr.  George  W 22 

Pierce,   Harrv  L 132 

Pierce,   H.  W 201 

Piper,  Porter 278 

Pitts,*  Ellen  E 253 

Pollard,  Abner  W 120 

Pollard,  Amorv  102 

Pollev,   A.  M 259 

Pollev,  Lieut.  F.  W 13 

Pope!i  Frank  H 254 

Pope,  Kate  G 254 

Porter,    C.  H 295 

Porter,   L.  W 295 

Prescott,    Emerson  259 

Prevear,   Edward 102 

Prevear,   Mrs.  Lura  1 255 

Prevear,  Herbert  P 140 

Puffer,  Jacob 81 

Pulsifei-;  William  E 175 

Putnam,  William   A 225 

Readv,  J.  C 74 

Reed,  William  S 163 

Rice,  Rev.  C.  F 291 

Richardson,    Alanson  259 

Richardson,  Charles  H 251 

Richardson,  Edith  M 186 

Richardson,  Everett   B 230 

Richardson,  Harriet  Elizabeth  251 

Richardson,  Sarah  E 186 

Richardson,  Dr.  Sewell 25 

Richardson,  L 75 

Richardson,  Leslie  L 230 

Richardson,  Lucius  A 166 

Richardson,  Moses   D 250 

Richardson,  Silas   250 

Richardson,  Thurston  275 

Rixford,  Mrs.   Lydia  J 253 

Robbins,  Thomas 83 

Robbins,  Walter  T 151 

Robinson,   Rev.   J.  B  291 

Rockwell,  E.  H 141 


Rockwell,  E.  M 148 

Rockwood,  Capt.  George  W 13 

Rollins,  E.   B 7+ 

Safford,  Mrs.  Lillian  F 255 

Salisbury,   Daniel  \V 103 

Salisbury,  Nancy  273 

Savage,  Rev.  William  II 291 

Sawtelle,   Henry  F 162 

Sliiel,  Rev.  Daniel 291 

Sinclair,  C.  H 7+ 

Small,   Ernest  W 186 

Smith,  Austin  A 275 

Smith,  Eugene  G 190 

Smith,  Henry   K 231 

Smith,    Joel  ." 58 

Smith,  Capt.   J.  C 186,  188 

Smith,  Rolt'e   VV 231 

Snow,    f.  G 74 

Snow,  William   A 249 

Somers,  Winter   I) 58 

Southwick,  Luev  W 186 

Spaulding,  W.  H 199 

Stearns,  Cassius 33 

Stebbins,   Rev.  R.  P 292 

Stevens,    Capt.  C.   H 74 

Stevens,   S.   A 148 

Stowell,  J.  A 173 

Stratton,'  Capt.  foel  A 13 


Stuart,  Fred  200 

Tatt,  Oscar  Alexander 237 

Tainter,  E.  Eunice 273 

Tenney,  Clement   H 165 

Tenney,  Maj    Joseph  259 

Thompson,  John  G 174 

Thompson,  Thomas   E 175 

Tisdale,   Charles 2,  27 

Tilton,  Edward   B 165 

Tilton,  Emery 56 

Tilton,  William 56 

Tisdale,  Albert   A 169 

Tisdale,  Andrew  2,  27 

Tisdale,  Annas  B    (Barnard)  26 

Tisdale,  Ann  Elizabeth   (Whitcomb)  ...    129 

Tisdale,   Edward   R 169 

Tisdale,   George   E 2,  27,  130 

Tisdale,  John  2,  27 

Tisdale,  Seth  26 

Tisdale,  Seth  H 27 

Tisdale,  Stephen  A 27,  129 

Tisdale,  Tarissa  Ophelia  (Davis)  130 

Tisdale,  William  B 27 

Toulmin,  Rev.  W.  B 291 

Tripp,  J.  Q.  A 74 

Tapper,  Mrs.  Caroline  S 186 

Tyler,   Joel  J 245 

Virgin,  Rev.  Samuel  H 182 


Walker,   A.   A 33- 

Walker,  Alfred   L 167 

Ward,    R.   W 199 

Wetherbee,  Mrs.  Clara   A 255 

Wheeler,  Dr.  Charles  A US 

Wheeler,  Hibbard  I' 2 

Wheelock,  George   H 242 

Wheelock,  Mrs    Maria  F ISC 

Whitcomb,  C.  A 295 

Whitney,  Mrs.  Orocy  A 255 

Whitney,  Augustus    L 152 

Whitney,  Francis   A 113 

Wilder,  A.  L 75 

Wilder.  Dr.  Charles    Woodward 12 

Wilder,  Dea.    David  14 

Wilder,  Mrs.   Ella  M 253 

Wilder,  G.  E 74 

Wilder,  Henry  A 259 

Wilder,  Luke" 259 

Wilder,  Savilon   E 288 

Wood,  Benjamin  F 159 

Wood,  C.  B 74 

Wood,   Capt.    Leonard 13 

Woodbury,  F.  J 162,  200,  201 

Woods,    Oeorge 295 

Yeaw,  Asher  A.  D 252 

Veaw,  Rev.  Juliette  252 


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